{"product_id":"erdogan-a-graphic-biography-the-rise-of-turkey-s-modern-autocrat","title":"Erdoğan: A Graphic Biography: The Rise of Turkey’s Modern Autocrat","description":"Winner, 2022 Atomium Comic Strip Prize\nA comprehensive graphic biography of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the authoritarian president of Turkey.\nOne of the world’s most divisive and controversial leaders, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has ruled over Turkey as either prime minister or president since 2003. This graphic biography sheds light on the origins of Turkey’s most powerful man, from his youth as a budding soccer player to his years spent navigating Turkey’s political landscape, including the founding of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2001. Author Can Dündar, a Turkish journalist and contributor to the Washington Post now living in exile in Germany, spent several years researching this book.\nSituated at the crossroads between Europe and Asia with a population of 84 million, Turkey is a growing economic powerhouse with a geopolitically strategic location. As its leader, the Islamic, conservative Erdoğan has had a polarizing effect on the country’s populace; some applaud his economic and political reforms, while others decry his autocratic, iron-fisted rule which has included the jailing of opponents, the crushing of free speech and the rights of LGBTQ+ people and others, and an ongoing war waged against the country’s Kurdish minority.\n\nFeaturing compelling illustrations by Egyptian-Sudanese comic artist Anwar, the book provides a critical and dramatic context for understanding Erdoğan’s convictions and contradictions as a demagogue for whom democracy has been merely a means to power.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1551529211\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1551529211.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Dündar, Can|Anwar|Kreider, L.L.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41516565692474,"sku":"DBV.1551529211.G","price":20.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/erdogan-a-graphic-biography-the-rise-of-turkey-s-modern-autocrat","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}