An illuminating and fun conversation with award-winning Turkish novelist and political commentator Ece Temelkuran about the slide into a more authoritarian world. What’s driving this? Has the pandemic made it worse? And what’s it got to do with inequality? Ece is the author of “How To Lose A Country”, winner of the Edinburgh International Book Festival First Book award for her novel Women Who Blow on Knots, and twice recognized as Turkey’s most-read political columnist.This is the latest EQUALS podcast – and if you’re joining us for the first time, tune in to our other amazing episodes – from talking with Anand Giridharadas on whether we need billionaires to feminist giant Devaki Jain on anti-colonial economics to legendary Filipino activist Lidy Nacpil.Do listen, subscribe and share it with your friends and family. And follow us on @EqualsHope on Twitter. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.