Hugh Pope

Author, Reporter, Editor

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Writer of books on Turkey, the Middle East and Central Asia. Formerly Director of Communications & Outreach and Turkey/Cyprus Project Director for International Crisis Group. Ex-Turkey & Middle East staff correspondent for The Wall Street Journal.

Author: Hugh Pope

  • “A page turner” – Azadeh Moaveni

    I’ve long been a fan of Azadeh Moaveni‘s writing, and especially enjoyed her book Lipstick Jihad, which tells about her Iranian-American childhood and her attempts to return to Iran. So I was really happy that she agreed to endorse Dining with al-Qaeda: “Hugh Pope’s deftly told account of 30 years in the Middle East recounts…

  • Uygurs in China III

    The third section from my book on the Turks and the Turkic world that relates my experiences with and conditinos of the Uygurs in the northwestern Chinese province of Xinjiang. Hugh Pope, SONS OF THE CONQUERORS: The Rise of the Turkic World, pp. 13-19, 41-171 (New York: Overlook Duckworth, 2005) 10. THE ANT AND THE…

  • Uygurs in China II

    Second posting of Uygur-related extracts from Hugh Pope, SONS OF THE CONQUERORS: The Rise of the Turkic World, pp. 13-19, 41-171 (New York: Overlook Duckworth, 2005) 9. THE GHOST OF ISA BEG KNIGHT-ERRANT OF TURKESTAN I was never carried away by the valuable Chinese gifts of gold, silver, silk and sweet words. I did not…

  • Uygurs in China I

    The first of four Uygur-related extracts from my book on the Turks and the Turkic world. Hugh Pope, SONS OF THE CONQUERORS: The Rise of the Turkic World, pp. 13-19 PROLOGUE God Most High caused the Sun of Fortune to rise in the Zodiac of the Turks; he called them ‘Turk’ and made them Kings…