THE COLLECTED TRAVELER
For Travelers Who Want More Than a Guidebook
Bringing The Collected Traveler along on your trip is like having your own savvy personal tour guide who knows the place intimately. This unique guide to one of today's hottest tourist destinations combines fascinating articles by a wide variety of writers, woven throughout with the editor's own indispensable advice and opinions-providing in one package an unparalleled experience of an extraordinary place.
THIS EDITION ON ISTANBUL FEATURES:
• Seductive, colorful, and in-depth articles that illuminate the dazzling treasures and monuments of Istanbul, from the Grand Bazaar to the Sultans' palaces; the delights of Turkish cuisine; the rich pageant of Istanbul's history; and the people and personalities that define it today.
• More personal pieces that take the reader beyond the usual tourist highlights, offering intimate reports on everything from the heavenly scent (and taste) of Turkish roses to the glitzy nightlife of this city of "minarets and miniskirts” to the unusual pleasure of being pummeled to within an inch of your life in an historic Turkish bath.
• Enticing recommendations for related reading, including novels, histories, memoirs, and the most useful guidebooks.
• An A-Z Miscellany of concise and entertaining information to arm you for your trip-on everything from Alexander the Great and Ataturk to Whirling Dervishes and Turkish Wine.
• Interviews, Q & As, and commentary from visitors and residents, ranging from the 18th-century society wit Lady Mary Wortley Montague to Nobel Prize-winner Orhan Pamuk.
• Spotlights on unusual shops, restaurants, hotels, and experiences not to be missed.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
INTRODUCTION
TURKEY
The Byzantine Empire: Rome of the East, by Merle Severy
Turkish Delights, by Norman Kotker
The Golden Age of Ottoman Art, by Esin Atil
The Turkish Rose, by Fergus Garrett
Million Must Quit Homes in Near East, by Edwin L. James
The Kebab Conflict, by Meline Toumani
Through the Back Door, by Christiane Bird
Recommended Reading
Interview: Tom Brosnahan
ISTANBUL
Istanbul, by Talât Sait Halman
The Passage of Flowers, by John Freely
Miniskirts Meet Minarets in the New Istanbul, by Annette Grossbongardt
Celebration Istanbul, by John Ash
The News in Istanbul, by Michael E. Stone
Recommended Reading
Interview: Gamze Artaman
PERSONALITIES: Natives, Expatriates, and Passionate Visitors
Moving Freely, by Maureen Freely
Turkey’s Passionate Interpreter to the World, by Stephen Kinzer
In the Thick of Change Where Continents Meet, by Brian Lavery
Interview: John Freely
MONUMENTS
The Grand Seraglio, by Mary Cable
Istanbul’s Caravan Stops, by John K. McDonald
Edifice Complex, by Alan Richman
Byzantium Preserved, by Patrick Brogan
How to Explore Istanbul’s Great Mosques, by John K. McDonald
Bathed in Tradition, by Nancy Milford
Recommended Reading
The Turkish Table
Turkish Food in the Cycle of Time, by Ayla Algar
Istanbul’s Newest Tastemaker, by Gisela Williams
Interview: Engin Akin
Simply Sensational, by Berrin Torolsan
The Milky Way, by Berrin Torolsan
Albondigas, by Matthew Goodman
Eating in Istanbul, by Anya von Bremzen
Recommended Reading: Cookbooks
Interview: Eveline Zoutendijk
THE BOSPHORUS
Mansions on the Water: The Yalis of Istanbul, by Chris Hellier
Recommended Reading
EDIRNE
Edirne’s Architectural Feast, by Godfrey Goodwin
BURSA
The Birthplace of Empire, by Heath W. Lowry
GALLIPOLI
Gallipoli: Landscape of Sacrifice, by Catharine Reynolds
Gallipoli, by John William Streets
Recommended Reading
A TURKISH MISCELLANY
