{"product_id":"from-life-itself-turkey-and-istanbul-in-the-age-of-erdogan-release-date-07-may-2026","title":"From Life Itself: Turkey and Istanbul in the Age of Erdogan  Release Date -  07 May 2026","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A gripping portrait of a crisis-ridden Turkey' PANKAJ MISHRA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A richly textured human history .. elegantly maps out Turkey's hard-right turn'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'An ambitious, alive and lovingly written portrait of everyday life'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBOOK OF THE DAY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePulitzer finalist Suzy Hansen chronicles the age of authoritarianism in Turkey - through an intimate portrait of its people\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the midst of a world in upheaval, Erdogan has remade Turkey in his own image. Once a shining portal that straddled East and West, Istanbul's streets now teem with nationalistic fervour, political repression and rampant corruption. And it's here, in the old Ottoman neighbourhood of Karagumruk, that Suzy Hansen goes looking for the truth about modern Turkey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough the lives of its inhabitants, Hansen shows how local conflicts are spiralling into regional crises, deepening the fault lines now fracturing Europe and the Middle East. A dazzling account of a nation on the frontlines of history, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFrom Life Itself\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e chronicles the rise of an autocrat, the resurrection of an empire - and the human stories unfolding in its shadow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A dizzying tour de force that leaves the reader with a sense of wonder' ELIF BATUMAN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45527096426675,"sku":"9781806491506","price":480.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/81EPK7d252L._SL1500.jpg?v=1779440652","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/from-life-itself-turkey-and-istanbul-in-the-age-of-erdogan-release-date-07-may-2026","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}