Yusuf Franko's guest appearances

Yusuf Franko

Turkey Book Talk

James Baldwin

Jamal Khashoggi

Marc David

Caroline Eden

Raja Shehadeh

Douglas Howard

Suzy Hansen

Mike Giglio

Nicholas Danforth

Patrick Keddie

Max Hoffman

John McManus

Jonathan Rugman

Alev Scott

Giancarlo Casale

OwlTail

Mehmet Kentel

Mehmet Kentel on the life and work of Yusuf Franko, an obscure Ottoman bureaucrat who lived a remarkable double life as a caricaturist depicting Istanbul's cosmopolitan late 19th century high society. Kentel is a PhD Candidate in Near and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Washington, and was adviser to the exhibition “The Characters of Yusuf Franko: An Ottoman Bureaucrat’s Caricatures” at the Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations.  Become a Turkey Book Talk member to support the podcast, getting full transcripts (in English and Turkish) of every interview upon publication, transcripts of the entire Turkey Book Talk archive (in English), and access to an exclusive 30% discount on over 200 Turkey/Ottoman history titles published by IB Tauris.

<p>Mehmet Kentel on the life and work of Yusuf Franko, an obscure Ottoman bureaucrat who lived a remarkable double life as a caricaturist depicting Istanbul's cosmopolitan late 19th century high society. Kentel is a PhD Candidate in Near and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Washington, and was adviser to the exhibition “The Characters of Yusuf Franko: An Ottoman Bureaucrat’s Caricatures” at the Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations. </p> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2998854" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Become a Turkey Book Talk member</a> to support the podcast, getting full transcripts (in English and Turkish) of every interview upon publication, transcripts of the entire Turkey Book Talk archive (in English), and access to an exclusive 30% discount on over 200 Turkey/Ottoman history titles published by IB Tauris.</p>

Mehmet Kentel on the world of Ottoman caricaturist Yusuf Franko