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Merve Pehlivan

Merve Pehlivan

Merve Pehlivan is a writer, translator and interpreter.

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The Meaning of Erdogan’s Defeat in Istanbul

The Meaning of Erdogan’s Defeat in Istanbul

Imamoglu prides himself on having won every election he has contested against Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party. With four mayoral victories under his belt, he stands out as a potential challenger for the presidency in 2028.

Merve Pehlivan
The Untold Story of Turkey’s Cunda Island

The Untold Story of Turkey’s Cunda Island

What on paper seemed to the bureaucrats who engineered the 1923 population exchange between Turkey and Greece an ingenious arrangement to help both countries cement their own nationalist myths was in practice anything but.

Merve Pehlivan