# Event Details - **Event Name**: Nation of Strangers: Rebuilding Home with Ece Temelkuran & Nicola Sturgeon - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 18 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Wed, 18 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 pm - **Event Description**: In a culture so often devoid of nuance and stripped of hope, Ece Temelkuran's work is a reliable antidote.About this EventIn a culture so often devoid of nuance and stripped of hope, Ece Temelkuran's work is a reliable antidote - her writing shrewd, prescient and beautifully crafted.In a highlight event of spring, we're thrilled to welcome back the internationally acclaimed author and political thinker for a launch of her latest book! A powerful and consoling reappraisal of the concept of exile, migration and home, Nation of Strangers: Rebuilding Home in the 21 st Century is one of our most anticipated books of 2026.Dear stranger, Are you home? Do you feel at home? For how much longer?Across the world, the number of refugees and exiles, the dispossessed and displaced, the politically homeless and the economically excluded is growing.Since leaving her home a decade ago, Ece Temelkuran has been a political Cassandra, warning those who thought it couldn’t happen in their country that fascism is coming. Now, as oppression spreads and temperatures rise, as we face competing crises and learn again and again that no institution is so concrete it can’t turn to dust and no home is too strong to be destroyed, Ece has written Nation of Strangers, a series of letters from one stranger to another.Politically attuned and deeply personal, this powerful and poetic book offers consolation in uncertain times, showing that as we all become strangers, our home will be the strength we find in one another.It's a privilege to welcome Ece back to Edinburgh, this time for a launch hosted by Nicola Sturgeon.‘There is such vital, intimate depth to Nation of Strangers, one of the finest books I’ve ever read on what it means to be cast out, to be unhomed. Ece Temelkuran is a brilliant thinker, and her work here is as conceptually illuminating as it is beautifully written. More than simply an account of the global currents sweeping more and more of us into a state of what some might call exile, this is a profoundly personal meditation. In this time of rampant fascism, as a previous era’s definition of home grows ever more distant, Nation of Strangers is both a call and a comfort, a book that made me feel so much less alone’ - OMAR EL AKKADOUR SPEAKEREce Temelkuran’s novels and The Time of Mute Swans have been translated into several languages and adapted for the stage. Her political essays, including Deep Mountain and Turkey: The Insane and Melancholy, examine the ties between the personal and political. Since leaving Turkey in 2016, she has written in English, earning international acclaim with and . She has lived across the Middle East and Europe and is now based in Berlin, serving on the advisory boards of Progressive International and DemocracyNext. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/edinburgh/nation-of-strangers-rebuilding-home-with-ece-temelkuran-and-nicola-sturgeon/100001978008594954 - **Event Categories**: health-wellness, art, literary-art, meditation - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 21.28, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Edinburgh - **state**: SC - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Nicolson Square Venues - **lat**: 55.9454205 - **long**: -3.185725 - **full address**: Nicolson Square Venues, 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Nation of Strangers: Rebuilding Home with Ece Temelkuran & Nicola Sturgeon - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/2f599e9dc8487a2566c78e65c2301b4c217f15f74445f2d31be900c08280e4dd-rimg-w1200-h675-dcfefaef-gmir.jpg?v=1766332607 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Nation of Strangers: Rebuilding Home with Ece Temelkuran & Nicola Sturgeon being held? - **A:** Nation of Strangers: Rebuilding Home with Ece Temelkuran & Nicola Sturgeon takes place on Wed, 18 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Wed, 18 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 pm at Nicolson Square Venues, 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. - **Q**: How much do tickets cost for Nation of Strangers: Rebuilding Home with Ece Temelkuran & Nicola Sturgeon? - **A:** Tickets for Nation of Strangers: Rebuilding Home with Ece Temelkuran & Nicola Sturgeon are priced at GBP 21 per person. Here's a full breakdown of available ticket types:Ticket TypePriceAvailabilityGeneral Admission (includes a £6 book voucher)GBP 7 + GBP 1 feeAvailableFree- Please do book a free place if you're broke.FreeAvailable2 Tickets + A bookGBP 21 + GBP 2 feeAvailable - **Q**: Who is organizing Nation of Strangers: Rebuilding Home with Ece Temelkuran & Nicola Sturgeon? - **A:** Nation of Strangers: Rebuilding Home with Ece Temelkuran & Nicola Sturgeon is organized by Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Nation of Strangers: Rebuilding Home with Ece Temelkuran & Nicola Sturgeon is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Edinburgh, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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We celebrate diversity of thought and expression, championing voices from the margins. We house 10,000 titles across politics, poetry, history and fiction, as well as children's books and feminist, environmental, anti-racist & LGBTQ+ writing.Open 7 days a week in Edinburgh’s Southside, with a year round event program.ACCESS: we are wheelchair accessible, full details here https://www.lighthousebookshop.com/about/accessibility" } ] } ] ```