This is one of those books that you do not go through in a few hours. I have been reading it on and off for the past year and I have found it both entertaining and enlightening. Hugh Pope has a very easy writting style and he weaves a good story. He is/was the Istanbul bureau chief of the Wall Street Journal for 20 odd years so is fluent in Turkish. He has traveled all over Asia and had has visited many Turkik countries. He clearly likes the people and is quite positive of them. The book covers so many aspects of Turkishness that it would be silly of me to go into in this short post. It is a good read for anyone who wants to better understand Turkey, where it is and where it is hopefully heading.
