{"product_id":"from-life-itself-turkey-istanbul-and-a-neighborhood-in-the-age-of-erdogan","title":"From Life Itself Turkey, Istanbul, and a Neighborhood in the Age of Erdoğan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Suzy Hansen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2026-04-28\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne neighborhood in Istanbul: a window on a city, country, region, and world in a state of upheaval.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eKaragumruk, an Istanbul neighborhood once dominated by Ottoman-era homes, is now known for its cheap apartment blocks and petty thieves—and a massive influx of Syrian refugees. It's here that Suzy Hansen went looking for the truth behind the headlines of the Turkish president Erdoğan's authoritarian turn, a catastrophic regional war, and an accelerating geopolitical crisis. She discovered the neighborhood's secrets and got to know its people: Ismail, the longtime muhtar, or neighborhood councilman; Huseyin, a loyalist for Erdoğan's Islamic nationalist AK party; and Ebru, a real estate agent and mother with ambitions to unseat Ismail.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Life Itself \u003c\/i\u003eis the absorbing account of one neighborhood in Istanbul that has seen profound change. But in a remarkable turn, Hansen connects the events unfolding in Karagumruk to the forces roiling Turkey, the Middle East, and the world. She asks: Was Turkey a harbinger of what we'd soon see in other countries, the resurgence of authoritarianism? Or do the lives of this neighborhood, and the transformations of Erdoğan's Turkey, reveal a more complex story?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author of the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize finalist \u003ci\u003eNotes on a Foreign Country\u003c\/i\u003e, Hansen explores Turkey's place in the world as no other writer has.\u003ci\u003e From Life Itself \u003c\/i\u003eis a book for our time—a story for a world out of joint, and for all of us who feel the pressure of the disorienting global forces remaking our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137389707433,"sku":"PHBK-9780374298432","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/6665733482321.jpg?v=1780325171","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/from-life-itself-turkey-istanbul-and-a-neighborhood-in-the-age-of-erdogan","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}