Perin Gurel on the history of comparing Turkey and Iran in the West

30/09/2025 36 min Episodio 230
Perin Gurel on the history of comparing Turkey and Iran in the West

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Perin Gurel on “Türkiye, Iran, and the Politics of Comparison: America's Wife, America's Concubine” (Cambridge University Press). The book explores the cultural history of Turkey–Iran comparisons in the West, from Cold War-era modernisation theory to post-9/11 studies of “moderate Islam”.
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