Ryan Gingeras on organised crime in Turkey's modern history

Turkey Book Talk by William Armstrong

Mar 31, 202638:40Society & Culture

Ryan Gingeras, author of “Mafia: A Global History” (Simon & Schuster) and “Heroin, Organized Crime, and the Making of Modern Turkey” (Oxford University Press), on the influence of criminal organisations in Turkey's polit...

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