Ece Temelkuran

In 2020 protest movements across the world revealed the inequalities sewn into the fabric of society. The wildfires that ravaged Australia and California made it clear we are in the middle of a climate catastrophe. The pandemic showed us all just how precarious our economies really are, and the conspiracy theories surrounding the US election proved the same of our democracies. Those in charge do not have the answers. In fact, those in charge, more often that not, are the problem.

So, what do we do? In Together: 10 Choices for a Better Now, award-winning political commentator Ece Temelkuran puts forward a compelling new narrative for our current moment, not for some idealised future but for right now, and asks us to make a choice. To choose determination over hope; to embrace fear rather the cold comfort of ignorance; to save our energy for an unwavering attention on those in power and the destructive systems they uphold, rather than wasting time spewing out anger and outrage online.

Ece Temelkuran is one of Turkey's best-known novelists and political commentators. Due to her oppositional stance and criticism of the ruling party, she lost her job at one of the major Turkish daily newspapers. Her journalistic articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Guardian, the New Statesman and und Der Spiegel. She has twice been named Turkey's most-read political columnist and is considered one of the ten most influential people on social media (with nearly 3 million Twitter followers).