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
Halkbank, one of Turkey’s largest state-controlled financial institutions, gained notoriety during the 2010s as it was implicated in a scheme to evade Iranian sanctions. The bank, the scandal…| Reuben Silverman
Esbank was one of Turkey’s fastest growing financial institutions in the 1990s, until was revealed to be participating in a widespread manipulation of the banking system. Its rise and fall re…| Reuben Silverman