Turkey Book Talk

Author: William Armstrong

Conversations with journalists, academics and writers on Turkey and its region. New episode every two weeks.
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Berin Gür on the conquest of Istanbul in the Islamist-nationalist imagination
Episode 239
Monday, 2 February, 2026

Berin Gür on “The Conquest of Istanbul and the Manipulation of Architecture: The Islamist-Nationalist Rhetoric of Conquest and Melancholy” (Routledge). The book explores how the Ottoman conquest of Istanbul is remembered in Turkey's mainstream official narrative and how architecture contributes to this. Please support Turkey Book Talk on Patreon or Substack. Supporters get a 35% discount on all Turkey/Ottoman History books published by IB Tauris/Bloomsbury, transcripts of every interview, and links to articles related to each episode.