Books Imperial melting pot: how a new book reveals the remarkable history of Istanbul A Tale of Three Cities by Bettany Hughes shows how kings, emperors and sultans have been fighting over the city for millennia. By Maureen Freely
A nation in search of an identity Turkey appears to be moving eastwards and westwards at the same time. But is it really possible to i By Maureen Freely
Designer babies and other fairy tales When states ban contraception or second children or fertility treatment, the female body, once a pri By Maureen Freely
Mum, Dad, 2.4 children: what next? Even the Tories admit that the family is dead. Yet work, schools and the law are still built around By Maureen Freely
The ignorance of the Islamophobes Muslim Turkey has the highest proportion of tenured women professors in the world. You didn't know? By Maureen Freely