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The Turkish writer Elif Batuman has a trio of essays about Turkey in The New Yorker that are excellent. I like all of her writing, but they are especially good.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/12/19/the-sanctuary https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/03/07/the-view-from-... https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/08/31/the-big-dig