The War That Changed The World: Istanbul - Modernity and Secularism

Published: Sept. 8, 2014, 11:28 a.m.

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Turkey emerged from the First World War as a new republic, with a secular and modern identity, attempting to break from its Ottoman past. How has this influenced Turkey today? With historians Aksin Somel and Ahmet Kuyas, and novelist Elif Shafak.

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