On Tuesday, February 6, IPDGC hosted a book talk by Prof. Bilge Yesil. She discussed her forthcoming book, Talking Back to the West: How Turkey Uses Counter-Hegemony to Reshape the Global Communication Order. This podcast is a recording of her book talk.
In her talk, Prof. Bilge Yesil examines Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party, AKP’s English-language communication apparatus – focusing on its objectives and outcomes, the idea-generating framework that undergirds it, and the implications of its activities. Dr. Yesil is an associate professor of Media Culture at the City University of New York, College of Staten Island.