Angle, Anchor, and Voice

Angle, Anchor, and Voice is the podcast extension of my Substack, where I write on the politics of Turkey, the Middle East, Islamism, authoritarianism, geopolitics, and the shifting moral and political landscape of our time.I am Ezgi Başaran, a journalist and academic from Istanbul, now based in Oxford. I hold an MPhil and a DPhil from the University of Oxford, where I also teach Middle East politics. I am the author of two books, Frontline Turkey and The New Spirit of Islamism.Published occasionally, sometimes every other week, the podcast will feature conversations with scholars, experts, journalists, policymakers, and practitioners who know the topic well, bring a different perspective, or help widen our gaze. Some conversations may clarify the world around us. Others may make us less comfortable with what we think we already know.