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Interview with Le Monde: The AKP’s Syrian Playbook

Earlier this year, Le Monde reached out to interview me about my new book, The New Spirit of Islamism. The conversation began with the ideological evolution of Islamist

My new book is out: The New Spirit of Islamism

When my publisher first presented several options for the book cover, I never imagined I would choose the one you see now. Initially, it seemed more fitting for a chemistry textbook.

Panel on European Court of Human Rights: Navigating Turbulent Times with States

Garden Court North Chambers’ International Law Team, in association with the University of Manchester Justice Hub and International Law Centre and the Accountability Unit, is delighted to bring you the second in our OUT-LINES series on International Law.

Ezgi Başaran is a writer and scholar of Middle Eastern and Turkish politics, based in Oxford.
She began her career in Istanbul as a journalist covering the Kurdish conflict and the transformation of the Turkish state.
At the University of Oxford, she earned an MPhil and DPhil in Modern Middle Eastern Studies, and has taught politics of the Middle East at the graduate level.
She is the author of Frontline Turkey (2017), and The New Spirit of Islamism (2024).
She writes the weekly dispatch Angle, Anchor and Voice, which explores current developments in the Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey.