Alev Scott

Alev Scott was born in London. She studied Classics at Oxford before working in London as an assistant director in theater and opera. In 2011, she moved to Istanbul, where she taught Latin Language and Literature at Boğaziçi University. Alev writes for various newspapers, including The Guardian and the Financial Times. Her first book, "Turkish Awakening," was published in 2014, and her next, "Ottoman Odyssey: Travels through a Lost Empire," was shortlisted for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award in 2019.