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The American Passport in Turkey offers readers an in-depth analysis regarding American citizenship’s transnational meanings and ideals which are ultimately tied to the country’s global dominance. By exploring the concept of the value of U.S. citizenship in Türkiye from different perspectives, the book fills a significant gap in the literature and richly deserves the award it won in 2021; American Sociology Association, Global and Transnational Sociology Section, Best Book by an International Scholar Award. It is a perfect read for sociology and international relations students and academics, as well as anyone curious about the unequal opportunities that any national citizenship offers outside of the nation’s recognized state borders, or what has been referred to as “inequalities at the transnational level” by the authors.