David Barchard obituary
Last modified on Sun 24 Jan 2021 15.40 EST David Barchard, who has died aged 73 following an accident, was the leading British specialist on Turkey. Incisive, eloquent and with a masterly command of detail, he honed his ideas in English and in Turkish through hours of telephone calls to friends and contacts. Worked up, these would then appear in outstanding articles, political commentaries and research papers, a steady stream of work maintained over four decades. His deep knowledge was evident in his obituary writing for the Guardian, for which he constructed accomplished accounts of leading...
Source: theguardian.com