Istanbul, the City of Empires, 1830

Istanbul is the stop of a journey from France to Jerusalem in the footsteps of the Crusades... The year is 1830. II. Four years have passed since Mahmut bloodily eliminated the Janissary Corps. Reforms have just begun, but the dominance of the "old" still continues in Istanbul.

Journalist, publisher, politician, historian Michaud and his "apprentice" Poujoulat describe the Istanbul of 185 years ago; Pera, Üsküdar, Tarabya, Büyükdere, Sultanahmet, Dev Mountain, Hünkâr Meadow and Hisars... Bosphorus waterside mansions, mosques, dams, cisterns, Byzantine monuments... Libraries, cemeteries, markets, prisons. Ottoman bureaucrats, police, women, slaves. Ottoman education, literature and libraries.
A testimony from the changing heart of a changing empire, day by day.
(From the Promotional Bulletin)



Number of Pages: 368

Year of Printing: 2014


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Say Publications

Number of Pages: 368

First Print Year: 2014

Language Turkish