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Turkey

History

Tossing a Bird That Does Not Fly Out of a Plane

A Thanksgiving story about the limits of human empathy.

Annie Lowrey The Atlantic Nov 2018 20min Permalink

World

When Water Rises: A Journey Through Turkey’s Drowning Landscape

“The remains of a sunken village nearby make me realize that the process is inexorable. Of this seventy-five-house village, there is almost nothing left.”

Emin Özmen Magnum Photos Jul 2021 Permalink

Crime World

Fraud on the Farm

How a baby-faced CEO turned a Farmville clone into a massive Ponzi scheme.

Paul Benjamin Osterlund Rest of World Jul 2021 15min Permalink

Crime

The Vampire Ship

How the seizure of Europe’s largest heroin shipment created bloody fallout throughout the world—and sparked still-raging political corruption scandals in Turkey, Greece, and the Middle East.

Alexander Clapp The New Republic Sep 2020 30min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "History of Girls"

Dead and living girls communicate in the aftermath of a disaster.

Ayşe Papatya Bucak Lit Hub Aug 2019 15min Permalink

Sports

Enes Kanter Contains Multitudes

The 26-year-old is many things: New York Knicks center, devout Muslim, star of #NBATwitter, and enemy of the Turkish state.

Jordan Ritter Conn The Ringer Oct 2018 Permalink

Business World

The 21st Century Gold Rush

How the refugee crisis has made a lot of people very, very rich.

Malia Politzer, Emily Kassie Huffington Post Dec 2016 Permalink

Politics World

The Deep State

On Erdogan’s struggle for power.

Dexter Filkins New Yorker Mar 2012 40min Permalink

World

The Story of Ahmed and Alin

Syrian orphans become child laborers in Turkey.

Claas Relotius Der Spiegel Jul 2016 25min Permalink

Business History

The Big Dig

Visiting the treasures – bear skulls, footprints, an ancient emerald necklace – that surfaced with shipwrecks at Yenikapi in Turkey.

Elif Batuman New Yorker Aug 2015 25min Permalink

The Mine Disaster That Shook Turkey

A mine fire in May killed 301 men, making it the worst industrial disaster in Turkish history. This is the story of two men who lived through it.

Suzy Hansen New York Times Magazine Nov 2014 30min Permalink

Sports World Travel

The Istanbul Derby

A trip to Turkey for a soccer game between bitter rivals and its accompanying madness.

Spencer Hall SB Nation Apr 2014 30min Permalink

Sex World Religion

The Islamic Sex Cult Supporting Turkey's Prime Minister

Inside Harun Yahya, which promotes a “sexed-up Disney version of Islam,” publishes a 800-page creationist atlas, runs a surreal TV station, and has films it members in orgies that often include high-ranking politicians.

Lily Lynch Balkanist Mar 2014 15min Permalink

Politics World

The Deep State

A profile of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, prime minister of Turkey.

Dexter Filkins New Yorker Mar 2012 40min Permalink

World

Arming Syria’s Rebellion

In a Turkish hotel, veterans of the Libyan Revolution meet with their fractured Syrian counterparts to transfer know-how and heavy weaponry.

Rania Abouzeid Time May 2013 15min Permalink