The Dervish House, by Ian McDonald. Science fiction, set in Istanbul, no, steeped in Turkish culture! You ought to read this. Istanbul Passage, by Joseph Kanon A spy novel, set in WW2 Istanbul, has some cultural references. read more
The Dervish House, by Ian McDonald Science fiction, set in Istanbul, no, steeped in Turkish culture! You ought to read this. Istanbul Passage, by Joseph Kanon A spy novel, set in WW2 Istanbul, has some cultural references. read more
Buy An Evil Eye by Jason Goodwin at the Guardian bookshop "Now the top destination for Mediterranean tourists, Turkey is rather more than a sunny spot on the beach. Home to successive civilisations from the ancient Hittites to the Romans, from Byzantium to the Ottoman Empire, this is a country forged by one man, Ataturk, in the 1920s, out of the rubble of a multi-national, multi-faith Ottoman empire. read more