ICWA fellow Jonathan Guyer interviewed Musa Kart, a Turkish cartoonist who was detained for his satirical depictions of president Erdogan and the Turkish government. Musa spoke about his experience with government censorship and the importance of humor as a method of protest. Jonathan’s piece about his interview with Musa can be read on his blog. […]
THE NEW YORK TIMES – Over the last five years, millions of Syrians, most of whom are Arabs, have flooded into Turkey. The newcomers seem foreign to most Turks, but the two peoples have memories of an ancestral divorce. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/24/magazine/erdogans-people.html […]
Fellowship Years: 1998-2000 Fellowship Topic: Turkey’s role as a nexus between east and west and traditional and secular Islam. Fellowship Area: Turkey Rowing Through the Byzantium and Further Initiatory Misadventures Among Young Turks Races with Wolfs Macedonian Questions Welcome to Bulgaria 2000 What Makes the Wolves Howl and What are they Howling For? The Meaning of Virtue: A […]
Fellowship Years: 1994 – 1997 Fellowship Area(s): Turkey, Uzbekistan, China, Russia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Romania First Thoughts — Herodotus Nomadism Black Sea Coast–Trabzon: football, hamsi Chechnya Spies, Free Trade and Borders The Voice of the People Travels in Romania, Moldova and Gagauzia Ukraine Dial 3 Crimean Diary Send in the Turks Summer Reading Three Trabzon Tales Alma-Ata or […]
Fellowship Years: 1984-1986 Fellowship Topic: Political and cultural impact of current archaeological research in the Middle East. Fellowship Area: Israel, Turkey, Egypt Macedonians, Greeks, and Human Sacrifice The Altar of Joshua Fighting a Losing Battle The Politics of Conquest. Strangers in Egypt An Uneasy Inheritance Whose Elephantine? Lost Kingdoms and Caravan Routes Just Another Summer Patterns in a […]
Fellowship Years: 1984-1986 Fellowship Topic: Contemporary culture social development and politics of the Eastern Mediterranean. Fellowship Area: Turkey, Greece Istanbul Diary Antiquities A Relic Delicate Questions Kibris–First Impressions Republicanism and Religion–I Republicanism and Religion–II Republicanism and Religion–III Elections in Northern Cyprus Republicanism and Religion–IV Trkiyeler Graeculi Disinformation Kupros–First Impressions Political Football The Greek Cypriot Election–I The Greek Cypriot […]
Fellowship Years: 1983-1985 Fellowship Topic: Peasant life in Egypt and Northern Yemeni Villages Fellowship Area: Egypt, Yemen, and Turkey Two Egyptian vignettes A Village Wedding Cairo: Still in the Third World Local Broadcasting in Upper Egypt Berat Village: An Overview Ramadan in Berat Berat: The Economy Berat: Another Wedding, Meat Fresh Off The Hoof, and Trying to Buy […]