To the city : life and death along the ancient walls of Istanbul
Christie-Miller, Alexander2024
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Caught between two seas and two continents, with a contested past and an imperiled future, Istanbul represents the precipitous moment civilizations around the world are currently facing. 'To the City' seamlessly blends two narratives: the fears and hopes of the present-day inhabitants, and the story of Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II's siege and capture of the city in 1453. That event still looms large in Turkey, as Recep Tayyip Erdogan like a latter-day sultan invokes its memory as part of his effort to transform Turkey in an echo of its imperial past.
Main title:
To the city : life and death along the ancient walls of Istanbul / Alexander Christie-Miller.
Author:
Christie-Miller, Alexander, author
Imprint:
London : William Collins, 2024.
Collation:
336 pages ; 24 cm
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780008416041 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
949.618949.618 CHR949.618 CHRI
Language:
English
BRN:
2669767
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