Essays on poverty, political economy, literature and society. Read each piece in English or in its original Turkish.
Poverty & society · 17 September 2024
Is Poverty a Matter of Fate? Reflections on Poverty
Is poverty an individual failing, a matter of fate, or the outcome of social and economic structures?
Literature & modernity · 27 June 2012
Notes from Underground and a Few Ramblings
Reading Dostoevsky through questions of certainty, imagination and the tensions of modernity.
Film & political economy · 5 June 2012
A Story of Exploitation: Darwin’s Nightmare
A reflection on Hubert Sauper’s documentary, resource extraction and the unequal geography of consumption.
Dates refer to the original essays. English translations were added in September 2026.
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