Turkey

Niki, Prize-Winning Greek Novel, Captures the Country’s Civil War

Niki, Prize-Winning Greek Novel, Captures the Country’s Civil War

Nektaria Anastasiadou reviews the newly-translated novel from Christos Chomenidis, which won the Greek National Book Award.

12 JUNE 2023 • By Nektaria Anastasiadou
Turkey’s Earthquake as a Generational Disaster

Turkey’s Earthquake as a Generational Disaster

Sanem Su Avci looks at this year's destructive temblor and asks where can man go when he's being...

4 JUNE 2023 • By Sanem Su Avci
Zara Houshmand, Moon and Sun

Zara Houshmand, Moon and Sun

Writer, editor and literary translator Zara Houshmand presents her new book of Rumi translations, Moon and Sun.

4 JUNE 2023 • By Zara Houshmand
The Refugees by the Lake, a Greek Migrant Story

The Refugees by the Lake, a Greek Migrant Story

Iason Athanasiadis reviews the film of a migrant story set in Greece that has just been nominated for...

8 MAY 2023 • By Iason Athanasiadis
Beautiful Ghosts, or We’ll Always Have Istanbul

Beautiful Ghosts, or We’ll Always Have Istanbul

Looking for love and her father's past, a Turkish American journalist haunts the streets of Istanbul before and...

27 MARCH 2023 • By Alicia Kismet Eler
For Those Who Dwell in Tents, Home is Temporal—Or Is It?

For Those Who Dwell in Tents, Home is Temporal—Or Is It?

Home is increasingly an elusive quality in an era of war, climate disaster, economic collapse and family misfortune.

5 MARCH 2023 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Letter From Turkey—Solidarity, Grief, Anger and Fear

Letter From Turkey—Solidarity, Grief, Anger and Fear

Jennifer Hattam, a special correspondent in Istanbul, describes how winter and food shortages plague earthquake recovery efforts.

27 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Jennifer Hattam
Letter From Turkey—Antioch is Finished

Letter From Turkey—Antioch is Finished

TMR's senior writer in Turkey, Arie Amaya-Akkermans, travels to one of the worst-hit areas to survey earthquake damage...

20 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Art World Picks: Albraehe, Kerem Yavuz, Zeghidour, Amer & Tatah

Art World Picks: Albraehe, Kerem Yavuz, Zeghidour, Amer & Tatah

The Markaz Review recommends the following exhibitions, on now in Paris, New York, Montpellier, London, Marseille and Beirut.

12 DECEMBER 2022 • By TMR
Nov 2022 BookGroup Selection is “I Will Never See the World Again” by Ahmet Altan

Nov 2022 BookGroup Selection is “I Will Never See the World Again” by Ahmet Altan

Ahmet Altan, one of Turkey's best-known novelists was locked up in prison, the key thrown away.

27 OCTOBER 2022 • By
Attack on Salman Rushdie is Shocking Tip of the Iceberg

Attack on Salman Rushdie is Shocking Tip of the Iceberg

An attack on one writer anywhere is an attack on freedom of expression everywhere.

15 AUGUST 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
World Refugee Day — What We Owe Each Other

World Refugee Day — What We Owe Each Other

World Refugee Day is the first of seven days during which refugees will be recognized in events across...

20 JUNE 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
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