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Howard Eissenstat
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Valuable essay from @achristiemiller.bsky.social on plans for a mass cull of street dogs in Turkey.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Alexander Christie-Miller@achristiemiller.bsky.social |
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Journalist/writer focusing on Turkey. ‘To the City’, published by William Collins, out in February 2024. Agent Peter Straus at Rogers Coleridge & White.
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Howard Eissenstat
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Valuable essay from @achristiemiller.bsky.social on plans for a mass cull of street dogs in Turkey.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Alexander Christie-Miller
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"[A] complex, nuanced political portrait of contemporary Turkey... Christie-Miller is remarkable for the sensitivity, empathy and respect he affords those he writes about..."
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Alexander Christie-Miller
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I’m thrilled with this lovely and engaged review of ‘To the City’ in @thetls.bsky.social: www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/to-...
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David Higham
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I'd recommend the piece by @samfr.bsky.social in @prospectmagazine.bsky.social Labour's tactical approach to winning the election has come at the cost of being able to engage in serious reform subsequently.
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Bilge Yesil
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Menasky
I really enjoyed @achristiemiller.bsky.social ‘s
book To the City. It seamlessly weaves history, contemporary politics and social currents with a healthy dose of sadness for my beloved Istanbul.
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Nate Schenkkan
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IS claims Moscow attack: www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/islamic-st...
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Alexander Christie-Miller
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I am told that if a few more people come there may be space to fit them in (it's free), so do let me know if you are in Norwich and interested in attending.
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Alexander Christie-Miller
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My upcoming talk on 'To the City' at The Book Hive Norwich is proving so popular that tickets have SOLD OUT two weeks before the event. I told them to hire out Norwich City's stadium, but would they listen? www.thebookhive.co.uk/event/to-the...
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Chris Hayes
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Fantastic essay. Damn.
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Turkey recap
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Fishing is central to Turkey’s Black Sea culture and economy, but the combined effects of large construction projects, climate change and overfishing are threatening the industry.
@ingridwoudwijk.bsky.social reports from Trabzon:
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Alexander Christie-Miller
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It was a real pleasure to talk about ‘To the City’ with Robin Pierson for his excellent History of Byzantium podcast. You can listen to it here: thehistoryofbyzantium.com/2024/02/27/e...
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Nate Schenkkan
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Really enjoyed this interview with Alex, and the discussion of Turkey, as well as the problem of "covering" a country you're not from
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Nick Ashdown
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Another mining disaster in Turkey. Nine missing after a huge landslide at a controversial international gold mine (one of largest in Turkey) that activists had warned was a disaster waiting to happen. Now a bunch of cyanide may be flowing into the Euphrates.
www.bbc.com/turkce/artic...
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Euroopan rajalla?
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A massive accident in a goldmine in Turkey. Or perhaps not an accident but negligence as the mine was briefly closed in 2022 for leaking tons of cyanide into the Euphrates. 8 miners are missing and at least 1000 hectares destroyed by the toxic landslide.
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Alexander Christie-Miller
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I'm excited to share this podcast I recorded with Turkey Book Talk about 'To the City'.
@williamarmstrong.bsky.social
is a great interviewer with a long experience of the country. There is no richer venue where I could discuss my work: turkeybooktalk.com/2024/02/13/a...
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Nick Ashdown
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Oh man that sounds familiar. From @achristiemiller.bsky.social’s rich new book, To The City.
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Alexander Christie-Miller
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Maybe if Europe had more old-timers in charge our economies would be growing like the US?
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Katie Martin
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luckily american chocolate is made from sugar, slime and dust
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Alexander Christie-Miller
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In the fall. (Sorry some kind of bug kicked after I typed more than that many characters)
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Alexander Christie-Miller
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No… I will do some bookshop signings in London around the launch, hopefully some festivals and will go to the US for the launch there…
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Alexander Christie-Miller
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Oh wow that’s lovely! I have no preferred outlet so you go with whatever’s easiest…
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Alexander Christie-Miller
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Not sure... where are you living???
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Alexander Christie-Miller
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Alexander Christie-Miller
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Alexander Christie-Miller
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This thoughtful piece in @financialtimes.com really captures the spirit and themes of 'To the City'. Thank you Guy Stagg for this lovely review: www.ft.com/content/605a...
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Nick Ashdown
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But don't get me wrong, people here are still some of the warmest, most hospitable in Anatolia (and the food is still 🔥).
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Nick Ashdown
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In the very center (köprübaşı), by the Atatürk statue, and going up Atatürk and Cumhuriyet avenues, virtually everything is either rubble (torn down) or heavily damaged. The historical old city is full of skeletal remains of undemolished buildings. To me that's even more haunting.
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Nick Ashdown
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People are deeply psychologically traumatized. When I ask about the quake, people often start to cry almost immediately, but the tears quickly turn to some of the rawest rage I've ever seen, directed at the government.
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Nick Ashdown
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It's shocking to me, and everyone who lives here, how much damage is still left unrepaired. Every single person I've spoken to *without exception* believes it's because the government hates Hatay because it's largely Alevi and sways heavily opposition.
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Nick Ashdown
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Apologies for spending more time on the other site the last few days, but I made the trip to Antakya, my first time to Turkey's earthquake zone. It's as apocalyptic as everyone says. It looks like a city one month after a cataclysmic earthquake rather than one year.
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Alexander Christie-Miller
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Another very encouraging review of ‘To The City’ in today’s Times: “a work of storytelling skill and passion, a handsome tribute to a city that always transfixes.” www.thetimes.co.uk/article/to-t...
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky
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My first book, Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State (February 2024), is available for preorder! Stanford University Press is running a 30% off sitewide sale through the end of February 2024! www.sup.org/books/title/...
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Alexander Christie-Miller
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That would be great!
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Alexander Christie-Miller
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Will do… also, some way off, but it is getting a separate US publication in the fall, and I very much hope to come over and have a book launch on the east coast. Will keep you posted!
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Alexander Christie-Miller
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Not available anywhere yet! Publishes in the UK on February 15th… what is NA? I will move heaven and earth to get you a signed copy!
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Alexander Christie-Miller
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A really lovely piece on ‘To The City’ from Jason Goodwin in The Literary Review: "an absorbing and engaging study of modern-day Turkey... Christie-Miller's love of the city and its people shines through this wonderful book." literaryreview.co.uk/sultans-old-...
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Paul Benjamin Osterlund
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My latest is a review of @achristiemiller.bsky.social’s excellent new book To The City: Life and Death Along The Ancient Walls of Istanbul
flanor.substack.com/p/to-the-cit...
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Alexander Christie-Miller
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First review of ‘To The City’! A lovely write up by @paulosterlund.bsky.social accompanied by his own evocative pictures of the land walls: flanor.substack.com/p/to-the-cit...
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Roy Edroso
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Yeah the @baltimoresun is fucked www.thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/balt...
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Turkey recap
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Sunday extras!
🧱"'People come to touch the walls': fears for Istanbul’s crumbling Byzantine past" by @ruthmichaelson.com and Ayça Aldatmaz.
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Nate Schenkkan
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I was trying to write a pithy tweet about, this, but I'll just post this @adamserwer.bsky.social piece instead: the arguments against disqualifying Trump accept the premise that the rule of law is unimportant in a democracy. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Howard Eissenstat
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Gonul Tol, comparing Trump and Erdogan, notes the dangers of trying to defeat Trump at the courts: victimhood is core to populist mobilization
www.ft.com/content/855e...
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Alexander Christie-Miller
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I was interviewed by
@ruthmichaelson.com
for this excellent article in The Guardian about the land walls Istanbul’s crumbling Byzantine heritage: theguardian.com/world/2024/j...
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Alexander Christie-Miller
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Well having said that, there is this one sublime jazz bagpipe solo which has your name on it…
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Alexander Christie-Miller
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I’ve never tried to evangelise!
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Alexander Christie-Miller
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Growing up as a kid, I listened to a lot of jazz, and I still remember the first time I heard someone say ‘jazz is bad’ just being completely gobsmacked.
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Alexander Christie-Miller
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I was teasing, but it’s an interesting topic. As well as jazz I also love country music. When I come across country haters, I just think ‘yeah, fine, it’s not for everyone’, but with jazz I do feel a kind of instinctive horror at people not liking it. Not sure why that is.
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Alexander Christie-Miller
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I wouldn’t try to convert jazz haters any more than I would bother to argue with creationists or flat earthers.
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Alexander Christie-Miller
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I know they are *literally* trying to sell the book but I am still thrilled with Waterstones’ description of #ToTheCity. Out in the UK on February 15th!
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Ed Morrish
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It’s such a weird coincidence that Cummings has fallen out with every boss he’s ever had and gotten himself fired just after he’s finished the easier “burn stuff down” phase of his Brilliant Plan, and just before the more tricky “build something better” phase has to kick in.
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