Turkey has always been a bridge between cultures and now, more than ever, it finds itself in a precarious balance among numerous different worlds that shake within its insides: Europe and Asia, modern and tradition, secularism and religious integralism.

Marta Ottaviani, journalist from Milan, after having attended the Istituto di Formazione Giornalistica “Carlo De Martino”, has lived eight years in Turkey. She collaborated with, among others, La Stampa, Avvenire and East. She has written: Cose da Turchi and Mille e una Turchia, edited by Mursia.