In the wake of international headlines on Sofagate between Turkey and the European Union, Turkish Coffee hosts discuss the image of Turkey and Turks, taking their cues from history, literature and the current political affairs.

In this podcast, Aygen Aytaç and Nazlan Ertan discuss the Turkish image, starting from an 11th-century letter from Byzantine Emperor Alexius Commenus to today^s Sofagate, from references to Turks in Shakespeare to the soft power of the Turkish TV series.

References: Tamburlaine, Christopher Marlowe Astraea Redux, John Dryden Macbeth, William Shakespeare Les Miserables, Victor Hugo Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli Mozart and the Wolf Gang, Antony Burgess Turkish Embassy Letters, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Aziyadeh, Pierre Loti Doğuştan Kadıncıl (Born Feminine), Refik Halit Karay