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Midnight at the Pera Palace the birth of modern Istanbul

"When the Ottoman Empire collapsed, so many spies mingled in the lobby of Istanbul's Pera Palace Hotel that the manager posted a sign asking them to relinquish seats to paying guests. As the multi-ethnic empire became a Turkish republic, Russian émigrés sold family heirlooms, an African American i...

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Main Author: King, Charles, 1967-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton and Company, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
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Istanbul (Turkey) > History > 20th century.
Istanbul (Turkey) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Istanbul (Turkey) > Social conditions > 20th century.
City and town life > Turkey > Istanbul > History > 20th century.
Social change > Turkey > Istanbul > History > 20th century.
Cosmopolitanism > Turkey > Istanbul > History > 20th century.
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