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John Klopotowski

John Klopotowski

John Klopotowski is a writer and doctoral student in the department of history at the University of California, Berkeley, studying minority presses of the late Ottoman Empire. His work has been featured in Mondoweiss and Liberties Journal. He speaks Turkish and Arabic.

Latest from John Klopotowski

Watching the Last Years of the Ottoman Empire From an Istanbul Jail

Watching the Last Years of the Ottoman Empire From an Istanbul Jail

In 1915, a 20-year-old named Vartuhi Kalantar was unjustly jailed in Istanbul for promoting Armenian independence. Her prison memoir, the first by a woman in the Middle East and a fascinating window into the dying days of the Ottoman Empire, has now been translated into English.

John Klopotowski