David S. Tonge has lived half of his life in Turkey. A scholar of Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, he reported from Ankara and Athens for the BBC, Guardian and Observer, then from London as the Financial Times’ diplomatic correspondent. The author of The Kremlin’s Confidant, he grows citrus and olives.
Books in order of publication:
The Kremlin’s Confidant: How a British Naval Officer Suspended the Cold War – 2024
The Enduring Hold of Islam in Turkey – 2024
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