I am a graduate student at the University of Washington. I tend to focus on Turkey, but I am interested, more generally, in the wider world. I am particularly interested in food, culture, and other…| Reuben Silverman
Ömer Seyfettin (1884-1920) is the sort of writer whose role in shaping a “national” literature is profound and unignorable, but whose writing fits awkwardly with contemporary sensibilities.[1] The …| Reuben Silverman
Like westerns in the US or samurai films in Japan, the efe film genre in Turkey drew on a past, partly real, partly mythologized, to create stories that resonated with movie-goers during the 1950s …| Reuben Silverman
The startling success of opposition parties—the CHP chief among them—played out in provinces across Turkey. Consider several examples. Compared to the results elsewhere, the local elections in Düzc…| Reuben Silverman