Hannah Lucinda Smith

Hannah Lucinda Smith is a journalist and contributor to The Times, based in Istanbul, where she covers Turkey and its surrounding region. Over the past decade, she has reported on major events in Turkey and has also covered stories from rebel-held Syria, Afghanistan under the Taliban, and investigated cryptocurrency and sanctions-busting in the former Soviet Union. Smith is the author of two books: Erdogan Rising, an exploration of the Turkish president's rise to autocracy, and Zarifa, co-written with Afghan former mayor and human rights activist Zarifa Ghafari. She has also reported for The Economist, Monocle, and other outlets.