Running like a geological fault beneath Turkey is a long-standing split between the popularly elected government and the state. The…
Jenny White
Jenny White is an associate professor of anthropology at Boston University and the author most recently of The Abyssinian Proof. Her blog is Kamil Pasha.
Latest posts
Does tolerance require struggle?
July 21, 2008
Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im's erudite and thought-provoking book Islam and The Secular State provides a clear-sighted argument made from within the…
New freedoms in Turkey — for whom?
February 13, 2008
Turkey’s ban of the headscarf on university campuses -- rather than the headscarf itself -- has become a serious impediment…