Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Turkish crisis turns books into vanishing luxuries

Turkish

ISTANBUL: Turkish doctoral student Gulfer Ulas saw the first edition of her favourite Thomas Mann collection published for 33 liras. She found the second print of the same two-volume set selling months later at her Istanbul book shop for 70 liras (about $6 at the latest exchange rate). The jump exemplifies the debilitating unpredictability of Turkey’s … Read more