Turkish Coffee | Episode 9: Turkey's image abroad, from Ottoman sultans to Sofagate

In this episode of Turkish Coffee, Aygen Aytaç and Nazlan Ertan discuss the Turkish image, starting from an 11th-century letter from Byzantine Emperor Alexius Commenus to today's Sofagate, from references to Turks in Shakespeare to the soft power of the Turkish TV series.

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In the wake of international headlines on the Sofagate scandal between Turkey and the European Union, the Turkish Coffee hosts discuss the image of Turkey and Turks abroad, taking their cues from history, literature and the current political affairs.

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