Edited by Dr. Necmi Sönmez, art historian and curator (Lepsien Foundation, Düsseldorf and Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul), the book titled "New Turkey" is a comprehensive survey of Murat Germen’s artwork from 2000 until present day. The book is supplemented with essays by Murathan Mungan, a leading Turkish art critic and includes an interview between Barbara Hofmann-Johnson, the curator of Photographische Sammlung Köln, and the artist himself; in addition to personal anecdotes. Designed by Yesim Demir, printed by MASA and published bilingually in Turkish and English, this is his first monograph.
Through his photography, Germen dealt with the recent economic boom in Turkey and its consequences by focusing on various stages of this development, such as urban transformation, industrial growth, social & physical construct, art and capital relations, excessive car-oriented investment on highways and finally the Taksim Gezi resistance that constituted a milestone in late Turkish history.