Foreign palaces in Istanbul in print and on tour 19 juin 2006
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Turkish Daily News
June 19, 2006, Istanbul
The Austrian Consulate General in Istanbul celebrated the publication of Tuna Köprülü's coffee table book, “The Foreign Palaces of Istanbul,” a light yet scholarly work depicting the histories of 13 foreign embassies in the former capital of the Ottoman Empire. (suite…)
The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin 19 juin 2006
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The Independent Online Edition (UK), 18 June 2006
By Julian Fleming
Jason Goodwin's books show an almost intimidating cleverness. A former Spectator/Sunday Telegraph Young Writer of the Year, he wrote encyclopaedic studies of the Ottoman Empire (Lords Of The Horizon), the dollar, (Greenback), and won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for On Foot to the Golden Horn. (suite…)
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