EP46 The Ottoman Empire, Atatürk and the Turkish Raids - Ivak Cagil (Part 1)

Ivak is a Turkish photographer and filmmaker in Prague who also works for a living in a ”real job” as his mom told him he would have to do when he got interested in arts back home in Bursa in Turkey.  In this Part 1 out of 2 episodes, he told me about the Ottoman empire that stretched so far into Europe, The Middle East and Northern Africa that they called the Mediterranean sea their ”lake”.  What does such a glorious past do to a nation?  We discussed how Ataturk changed and modernised Turkey and how that created a rift in the social fabric that still exists today. And a lot more.... In Part 2 that is out in 4 days we discuss Turkey today, Erdogan, Gay and Trans people in Turkey and the classic kebab question that every Turk gets... Ivak‘s photos are here https://www.instagram.com/monolumia/ https://www.ivak.org/ The Bunkerhttps://www.facebook.com/Blablabunker https://www.instagram.com/thebunkerprague/ https://www.youtube.com/theblablabunker

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Welcome to The Bla Bla Bunker, a podcast featuring interviews with regular people who have extraordinary stories to tell. The host, Almar Hilmarsson, is one of them. In 25 years he’s gone from Icelandic lawyer and airline CEO to tattooed, bearded meat enthusiast with a startup in Central Europe. On the way, he’s made plenty of stops, and cultivated a habit of running into interesting people and asking them interesting questions. Nothing is off limits in the Bla Bla Bunker, and Almar may ask questions that most people wouldn’t dare to ask.