Barış Ünlü is Assistant Professor, General Faculty, in the Department of Sociology at the University of Virginia.

“Barış Ünlü’s The Turkishness Contract changes our understanding of how, through everyday practices of thinking, feeling, and acting, Kurds and other minorities are by definition excluded from the Turkish social contract. The best books make the invisible visible through a seemingly simple yet deeply impactful and profound intervention that makes one wonder how she did not see it before. The Turkishness Contract is one such book, an almost artistic intervention in critical Turkish studies.”— Esra Özyürek, Sultan Qaboos Professor in Abrahamic Faiths and Shared Values at the University of Cambridge

Barış Ünlü is Assistant Professor, General Faculty, in the Department of Sociology at the University of Virginia.

“Barış Ünlü’s The Turkishness Contract changes our understanding of how, through everyday practices of thinking, feeling, and acting, Kurds and other minorities are by definition excluded from the Turkish social contract. The best books make the invisible visible through a seemingly simple yet deeply impactful and profound intervention that makes one wonder how she did not see it before. The Turkishness Contract is one such book, an almost artistic intervention in critical Turkish studies.”— Esra Özyürek, Sultan Qaboos Professor in Abrahamic Faiths and Shared Values at the University of Cambridge