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A Serious Matter
On writing critically about your own country in English
Apr 9 • Selim Koru
The piety debate; Hungary's reactionaries; MENA alliances; other links, including Turkish TV stuff
Notebook #52
Apr 5 • Selim Koru
Iran War, Turkey, etc. with Nick & Selim
A recording from Selim Koru's live video
Apr 2 • Selim Koru and Nick Danforth
34:02

March 2026

The War Widens; Turkey's considerations; development in Syria; the Turkishness Contract;
Notebook #51
Mar 29 • Selim Koru
Turkey's homefront
I wrote something for FP
Mar 27 • Selim Koru
Erdoğan Eats First
The president, a pastry, and a one-minute video
Mar 23 • Selim Koru
Turkey-Israel tension; the case for this war; post-Kemalism; the Museum of Innocence; the Jesus show; touristic Umrahs
Notebook #50
Mar 16 • Selim Koru
Turkey-Israel tension is building
My piece in Equator Magazine
Mar 10 • Selim Koru
Thinking About Sovereignty and the State in Iran
Karabekir Akkoyunlu joins us to discuss Iran, Turkey and the war
Mar 8 • Selim Koru and Nick Danforth
41:02
Turkey watches the Iran War
Notebook #49: Iran special edition
Mar 3 • Selim Koru and Ata Armağan

February 2026

The Ramadan Offensive
Transatlantic culture war
Feb 26 • Selim Koru and Nick Danforth
29:18
The Rise and Fall of Turkey's Democrat Party
A conversation with historian Reuben Silverman on the 1950s, democratization, and what went wrong
Feb 23 • Selim Koru, Nick Danforth, and Reuben Silverman
1:04:28
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