http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/ ... if-batumanElif Batuman, one of my favorite current writers of non-fiction (you may enjoy her book
The Possessed, or you may find it tiresome and arch – I lean slightly towards the latter view, but I'm very impressed by all her work in other media), on Turkish politics, cultural identity, religion, etc. over the last few years under the AKP, and also on patriarchy and Houellebecq. Also she is 100% my fav person to follow on .