Category: minorities

• September 20, 2021

  Publishing the Diaspora: North Caucasian Periodicals in Turkey

  An exploration of periodicals published by the North Caucasian diaspora in Turkey over the latter half of the 20th century, with a particular view towards activist networks and expressions of identity.
• February 1, 2021

  Eşim ve Ben: Post-Modern Sex in a Post-Coup Turkey

  An exploration of Eşim ve Ben,an encyclopedia of sex from 1980’s Turkey, and its context following the 12 September Coup.
• December 16, 2020

  Not Your Stereotype: Laz Written Expression in Turkey

  A few months ago, I wrote about a small-run personal history of the town of Azakh written in the Azakheni dialect of Arabic. In the preamble, I mentioned that there are a whole host of ethnicities resident in Turkey lacking official recognition or support for cultural autonomy. Despite such administrative inertia, the names and customs…
• September 18, 2020

  Kushta/Istanbul

              As Jews, we often operate in two overlapping, but distinct cultural realms. Growing up in Canada, my sisters and many of my friends had two names: an English one and a Hebrew one. I was lucky to have a name that worked in both languages, but those who did have two monikers were none…