Turkish Medical Association 334–5
Turkish war of independence (1919–23) 24, 226, 232, 234, 236, 237, 243, 307, 316, 325, 334
Turkmen, ethnic 162–3, 188
Turkuvaz Media Group 278–9, 293
Twitter 196, 269, 272, 276, 331, 352
UAE (United Arab Emirates) 74, 107, 134
Ukraine 68, 75, 314–15, 318, 319–20
Ulus Özel Musevi Okulları (Ulus Private Jewish School), Istanbul 302–3
United Nations (UN) 51, 111, 145, 297, 313
Uslu, Perişah 249–52, 261
United States 160, 169, 256, 295, 339; Erdoğan relationship with see Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip; Fethullah Gülen and 81, 82, 90, 207, 299; Iraq War and 49, 88–9, 101; PKK and xiv, 154; post-Second World War aid package to Turkey 237; presidential election (2016) 96, 283; Reza Zarrab trial in 91, 96–100, 281; State Department 88–9; Syrian Civil War and xiii, xiv, 50, 105, 106, 111, 112–14, 115, 116–18, 154, 178, 183, 187, 188, 199, 332, 334; Turkish coup (2016) and 207, 208, 211; YPG and xiv, 178, 183, 187, 188, 199, 330, 332, 333, 334
Üzümlü, Erzincan, Turkey 315–21
Vakıflı, Turkey 242, 243
Varank, Mustafa 359
Vatan party 346
Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin 299
White Turks (elites/secularists) 26
Woodcock, John 297–8, 299
Yalinalp, General Mehmet 327–8
Yazidis 175, 176, 178–9
Yeni şafak 2, 73
Yenikapı parade ground, Istanbul 27–8, 248, 273, 313, 339
Yıldırım, Binali 27, 55, 57, 277–8, 291–2, 310, 319
Yıldız Palace, Istanbul 210, 220, 334, 335
Young Turks 23, 340
YouTube 30, 42, 81, 231, 331
YPG (Yekíneyên Parastina Gel) (People’s Protection Units) xiv, 176–8, 182–4, 187, 188, 198, 199, 298, 330, 332, 333, 334, 335
Zaman newspaper 94–5, 255
Zarrab, Reza 91, 96–9, 281
Zirve Holding 279
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
My first thanks go to my agent, Kelly Falconer, who saw the potential in a half-baked idea and then guided me through two years of writing with total patience, wisdom and good humour. Also to my editors at William Collins, Arabella Pike and Jo Thompson, for their enthusiasm for this subject and belief in a first-time author.
To my colleagues at The Times for allowing me to travel widely, indulge my obsessions, and for their patience as I have been writing this book – I promise I won’t take on any more projects! – and particular thanks to Anthony Loyd for his mentorship, friendship and encouragement.
To Bradley Secker, Yusuf Sayman and Marine Olivesi – the best travel and reporting buddies I could have wished for, and whose spirits are ever-present in these pages. I would not have been able to do any of the reporting without the help and guidance of Burhan Yüksekkaş, Onur Çakır, Ceren Kenar, Aymann Akkad, and all the other fixers, translators, local journalists and whisperers who have asked not to be named – you know who you are.
To Anthony and Jane Franks, Nathan Freeman and Glenn Middleditch for reading early versions of the manuscript and offering excellent and unflinching feedback – your free copies of what, thanks to you, is a much improved book are in the post.
And finally, and not least, thank you to Kadıköy, always a haven of hope and sanity, and without whose meyhaneler, tea gardens, clothes-wearing dogs, street musicians, graffiti artists, seafront, Fenerbahçe fans and protests, I probably would have gone home by now.
About the Author
HANNAH LUCINDA SMITH is the Times correspondent in Turkey, where she has covered conflicts, a coup attempt and the rise of controversial president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. During her time in the country, she has also reported from inside rebel-held Syria, on the front lines of the battle against Isis in Iraq, and joined the mass movement of migrants on their journey to Europe in 2015.
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