Reading and Watching List
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Here is a list of what I've been reading and watching, organized by year.I've linked IMDb link the titles to make it easier to find films. Hopefully, you find it helpful.
2025
Films
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
Conclave
Marty Supreme
Series
Chernobyl
Books
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome | Mary Beard
Cumhuriyetin 100 Günü | Emrah Safa Gürkan
Taht ve İktidar | Dan Jones
2024
Films
Oppenheimer
Killers of the Flower Moon
Series
Shōgun
Books
Hangi Atatürk? | Attilâ İlhan
Tek Adam | Şevket Süreyya Aydemir
Cumhuriyetin 100 İsmi | Emrah Safa Gürkan
2023
Films
Tonari no Totoro
Kurak Günler
Top Gun: Maverick
The Menu
Babel
Bullet Train
The Founder
Series
Dünya Bu
Blue Eyed Samurai
See
Ted Lasso
Borgia
Books
Bir Osmanlı Askerinin Sıradışı Anıları 1688-1700 / Temeşvarlı Osman Ağa | Ekim Yayınları
Ezbere Yaşayanlar; Vazgeçemediğimiz Alışkanlıklarımızın Kökenleri | Emrah Safa Gürkan
2022
Films
Incendies
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
The Power of the Dog
The Batman
The Mitchells vs the Machines
The Lighthouse
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
The Last Duel
Nobody
Don't Look Up
Series
House of the Dragon
Invicible
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Ersan Kuneri
Succession
Books
Pirates for the Sultan: Holy War, Booty and Slavery in the Ottoman Mediterranean | Emrah Safa Gürkan
2021
Films
Dune: Part One
No Time to Die
Venom
Beni Çok Sev
The Social Network
Noah Land
Green Book
The Fighter
The King
Series
Avatar: The Last Airbender
The Legend of Korra
The Last Czars
How to Become a Tyrant
Books
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes | Amin Maaolouf
Everybody Knows It: Right Answers to Wrong Questions in History | Emrah Safa Gürkan
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself | Harvard Business Review
Age of Revolution 1789-1848 | Eric J. Hobsbawn
Steve Jobs | Walter Isaacson