The Intersection of Morality and Politics Turkey of the 1920s experienced a process of reconstruction in the smallest areas of everyday life. The new state’s aim was not merely to achieve political independence but also to create a new model of human being. This model had to be industrious, moderate, disciplined, and above all, “moral.” The Law on the Prohibition of Alcoholic Beverages ( Men-i Müskirat Kanunu )   enacted on 14 September 1920 was a part of this transformation.

The First Scientist-Explorer Pytheas of Massalia  (fl. late 4th century BCE) stands as one of antiquity’s most enigmatic figures, an explorer, astronomer, and geographer whose reach extended far beyond the intellectual and geographic boundaries of his time. At a moment when most Greek thinkers conceived of the Earth as a narrow, temperate band of civilization surrounded by impassable extremes, Pytheas undertook a voyage  that radically expanded the Greek worldview. Sailing  f

Introduction Natural disasters, while acts of nature, often unmask the failures of human governance. Earthquakes’ impact is rarely equal....

Folk literature and music represent one side of the Ottoman society’s cultural life. The daily life of the rural population, its poverty,...