HUGH POPE is currently based in Istanbul with the International Crisis Group. Previously he was a staff correspondent for "The Wall Street Journal "and has been engaged in the broader Middle East for three decades. He has lectured widely on the Turkic world, including at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Pope is the author of "Sons of the Conquerors," one of "The Economist"'s Best Books of the Year, and "Turkey Unveiled," a "New York Times "Notable Book.