{"product_id":"the-passenger-turkey","title":"The Passenger: Turkey","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaperback, 192 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9781787702424\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor Explorers of the World\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe birth of the \"New Turkey,\" as the country's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called his own creation, is an exemplary story of the rise of \"illiberal democracies\" through the erosion of civil liberties, press freedom, and the independence of the judicial system. Turkey was a complex country long before the rise of its new sultan: born out of the ashes of a vast multi-ethnic and multi-religious empire, Turkey has grappled through its relatively short history with the definition of its own identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoised between competing ideologies, secularism and piousness, a militaristic nationalism and exceptional openness to foreigners, Turkey defies easy labels and categories. Through the voices of some of its best writers and journalists- many of them in self-imposed exile-The Passenger tries to make sense of this fascinating, maddening country, analyzing how it got to where it is now, and finding the bright spots of hope that allow its always resourceful, often frustrated population to continue living, and thriving.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Europa Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39593353838627,"sku":"9781787702424","price":39.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2514\/8624\/products\/LM106218.jpg?v=1646030777","url":"https:\/\/wardahbooks.live\/products\/the-passenger-turkey","provider":"Wardah Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}