Ottoman odyssey travels through a lost empire
"An exploration of the contemporary influence of the Ottoman Empire on the wider world, as the author uncovers the new Ottoman legacy across Europe and the Middle East."--Amazon.com summary.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Pegasus Books,
2019.
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| Edition: | First Pegasus books hardcover edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Sultans old and new
- A historical note: classified infidels
- Turkey: heart of the empire. Instanbul ; Ziya ; The Sacré Coeur ; Antakya ; Izmir and the Levantines ; The Afro Turks
- Scattered pomegranates. An empire enriched ; Thessaloniki ; Hidden synagogues ; 1915 ; Yerevan ; Western Armenia
- Ghosts of Troy. Cyprus ; Foreign soil ; Ayvalik ; Thrace ; Aegean Turks ; Granny Şifa
- Minarets in the West. Bridge on the Drina ; Missionary zeal ; The art of war zones ; Serbia ; Kosovo and Skopje ; Minarets and muftis
- Spires in the East. Jerusalem and the West Bank ; The hanging gardens of Haifa ; Beirut ; An Islamic state enclave ; Ain Dara ; Warlords and Sheikhs
- Memleket. Homeland ; Fenced life ; Conjugations ; Minced words ; Coffee cups ; Return of the native ; Exile.
