Istanbul & Turkey - a foreign visitor's gentle obsession

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Portrait of a Turkish Family
1.  Portrait of a Turkish Family by Irfan Orga
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  "the best introduction to the shifting tectonic plates of Turkish 20th Century history - poignant, personal and deeply affecting"
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Istanbul: Memories of a City
2.  Istanbul: Memories of a City by Orhan Pamuk
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  "Pamuk at his melancholy best - a more generalised reflection on growing up in the city"
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Istanbul (Poetry of Place)
3.  Istanbul (Poetry of Place) by Ates Orga
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  "the perfect travelling companion - pocket-sized, enlightening, inspiring"
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A Traveller's Companion to Istanbul
4.  A Traveller's Companion to Istanbul by Laurence Kelly
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  "the perfect companion to the travelling companion - a historical anthology to dip into when back in your room"
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Birds Without Wings
5.  Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernieres
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  "you won't put this one down"
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My Name is Red
6.  My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk
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  "This is a weird book, no doubt - but full of memorable scenes and episodes - gives a real sense of Ottoman Istanbul"
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Paradise Lost: Smyrna 1922 - The Destruction of Islam's City of Tolerance
7.  Paradise Lost: Smyrna 1922 - The Destruction of Islam's City of Tolerance by Giles Milton
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  "a painful read - no one comes out smelling of roses - but it helps to explain much of the background to the agonies at the heart of de Bernieres' Birds without Wings"
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Snow
8.  Snow by Orhan Pamuk
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  "Another Pamuk - chillingly topical, humane, insightful - a beautifully written, dense novel that moves as much as it informs"
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