{"product_id":"turkiye-cycling-through-a-countrys-first-century-9781529429954","title":"Turkiye: Cycling Through a Country's First Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A deeply thoughtful, gripping and scrupulous book told in Sayarer's trademark style from the saddle and the roadside\" CAROLINE EDEN\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy a winner of the Stanford Dolman Award for Travel Writing\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The best travelogues should make \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eyou question your preconceptions of a \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eplace and force you to engage with what \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe author is saying. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTürkiye \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e succeeds on \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eboth fronts\" \u003ci\u003eCycle Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"We need writers who will go all the way for a story, and tell it with fire. Sayarer is a marvellous example\" HORATIO CLARE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn the eve of its centenary year and elections that will shape the coming generations, Julian Emre Sayarer sets out to cycle across Türkiye\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, from the Aegean coast to the Armenian border.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeeting Turkish farmers and workers, Syrian refugees and Russians avoiding conscription, the journey brings to life a living, breathing, cultural tapestry of the place where Asia, Africa and Europe converge. The result is a love letter to a country and its neighbours - one that offers a clear-eyed view of Türkiye and its place in a changing world. Yet the route is also marked by tragedy, as Sayarer cycles along a major fault line just months before one of the most devastating earthquakes in the region's modern history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlways engaged with the big historical and political questions that inform so much of his writing, Sayarer uses his bicycle and the roadside encounters it allows to bring everything back to the human level. At the end of his journey we are left with a deeper understanding of the country, as well as the essential and universal nature of political power, both in Türkiye and closer to home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A persuasive corrective to western views of a place he loves\" \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJULIAN SAYARER cycled a half dozen times across Europe to his second nation of T?rkiye before before breaking a world record for a circumnavigation by bicycle, and going on to write \u003ci\u003eLife Cycles\u003c\/i\u003e (2014). He is the winner of the Stanford Dolman Travel Writing Award for \u003ci\u003eInterstate\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), an account of hitchhiking through middle America, and is the author of \u003ci\u003eMessengers\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), \u003ci\u003eAll at Sea\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), \u003ci\u003eFifty Miles Wide\u003c\/i\u003e (2020), Ondaatje Prize-longlisted \u003ci\u003eIberia\u003c\/i\u003e (2021), and \u003ci\u003eT?rkiye\u003c\/i\u003e (2023). Julian combines a background in political science to create a critically acclaimed travel writing style - politics at roadsides. In this 12mph view of the world in passing, he uses human stories and journeys to document global issues for a broad audience. His writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAeon Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and in numerous cycling publications.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Arcadia Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50901485224210,"sku":"9781529429954","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9433f65a-f79d-40c9-b3fc-913a078dd5fe.jpg?v=1738427232","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/turkiye-cycling-through-a-countrys-first-century-9781529429954","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}