Alev Scott: 2 books

Ottoman Odyssey: Travels Through a Lost Empire

by Alev Scott
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019

An exploration of the contemporary influence of the Ottoman Empire on the wider world, as the author uncovers the new Ottoman legacy across Europe and the Middle East. The author’s odyssey began when she looked beyond Turkey’s borders for contemporary traces of the Ottoman Empire. Their...

Turkish Awakening

A Personal Discovery of Modern Turkey

by Alev Scott
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014

Born in London to a Turkish mother and British father, Alev Scott moved to Istanbul to discover what it means to be Turkish in a country going through rapid political and social change, with an extraordinary past still linked to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and an ever more surprising present under the leadership...