Book review: Turkey - The Insane and the Melancholy by Ece Temelkuran

JP O’ Malley speaks with Turkish writer Ece Temelkuran about the increasing dangers in Turkish society.

According to the consensus of biased foreign policy think-tank experts in Washington, Turkey was supposed to be the beacon of hope for Muslim countries across the Middle East.

It would join the EU, eventually, modernise in accordance with western values while dipping one foot in Middle Eastern affairs occasionally.