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“A danger of travel is that we see things at the wrong time, before we have had a chance to build up the necessary receptivity and when new information is therefore as useless and fugitive as necklace beads without a connecting chain.”
― The Art of Travel
― The Art of Travel
“The last decades of Ottoman history cannot be understood properly without taking into account the revolution from below caused by the revivalist movements.”
― The Politicization of Islam: Reconstructing Identity, State, Faith, and Community in the Late Ottoman State
― The Politicization of Islam: Reconstructing Identity, State, Faith, and Community in the Late Ottoman State
“They carried the sky. The whole atmosphere, they carried it, the humidity, the monsoons, the stink of fungus and decay, all of it, they carried gravity.”
― The Things They Carried
― The Things They Carried
“Humans think in stories rather than in facts, numbers, or equations, and the simpler the story, the better.”
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
“The past was safe in its cage. Why not have a look?”
― Laughter in the Dark
― Laughter in the Dark
Tuncay’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Tuncay’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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155 friends
83 books
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41 friends
274 books
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146 friends
1,578 books
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1,041 friends
86 books
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1,026 friends
286 books
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16 friends
607 books
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371 friends
1,254 books
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299 friends
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