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Hello To All That
What returning to New York after 12 years in Istanbul taught me about America.
The U.S. Election Abroad
Twelve writers tell us what the race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris looks like where they live.
Man in a White Overcoat
“The coat fit him like a glove. The vendor spun him around, and the flared skirt fluttered outward.”
Defrauding Istanbul’s Soccer Elite
How an indebted banker convinced players to invest in a “special fund.”
The Anthropologists
“Manu and I had no spare sets of plates or matching glasses, but we had plenty of discussion in our lives.”
Erdoğan’s Relentless Campaign Against Writers
The legal case against Elif Shafak is part of the president’s wider crackdown on Turkey’s academics and press freedom.
Reserve Areas
Turkey has expropriated ancestral lands to build “earthquake-proof” housing.
The Kurdish Ulysses
Kawa Nemir’s translation is an archive of the language, which has been suppressed by Turkey's nationalist politics.
How the Earthquake Is Impacting Turkey’s Medical Community and Endangering Democracy
A conversation with the Istanbul-based reporter and novelist. For our first issue, Genç reported from Istanbul, where abortion access is increasingly imperiled and reproductive rights have been gradually curtailed by the conservative ruling government.
Erdoğan’s Great Replacement Theory
The natalist policies of Turkey's ruling party have sharply curtailed reproductive rights.