Claudia Liebelt, professor of social and cultural anthropology at the Free University of Berlin, on ”Istanbul Appearances: Beauty and the Making of Middle-Class Femininities in Urban Turkey” (Syracuse University Press). Hair transplants, dental implants, botox, nose jobs, lip fillers, eye lifts... Turkey has become almost synonymous with the booming cosmetic sector among international ”health tourists” in recent years. Liebelt’s book is based on extensive research in beauty salons and cosmetic surgery centres across Istanbul, speaking to customers, workers and surgeons to explain the sector’s extraordinary growth among both locals and foreigners. Support Turkey Book Talk on Patreon or Substack. Supporters get a 35% discount on all Turkey/Ottoman History books published by IB Tauris/Bloomsbury, transcripts of every interview, and links to articles related to each episode. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2998854&fan_landing=true Substack: https://turkeybooktalk.substack.com/