111 Places in Istanbul That You Must Not Miss - Softcover

Schmid, Marcus X.

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9783954514236: 111 Places in Istanbul That You Must Not Miss

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ISBN 10: 3954514230 ISBN 13: 9783954514236

Publisher: Emons Publishers, 2014

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Istanbul - Melting pot of cultures, meeting point of continents:
- 11.6 million visitors a year
- Where Europe and Asia kiss each other
- Last stop of the Orient Express - but only temporarily.
- Why do people get in line at/for Mehmet Efendi?
Istanbul is being transformed at full speed. The city has already shed the skin of its history and invented itself anew numerous times, and perhaps this is now taking place again. To comprehend Istanbul, one must understand its history. Whoever strolls through its quarters today will constantly catch an intimation of its history, a piece of skin which has been stripped off, tiny stones of a mosaic on which the inhabitants of Istanbul have been working for centuries and which will never be finished because they are constantly reinventing not only their city, but also themselves. The book deals with 111 mosaic stones from yesterday, today, and tomorrow - some of which glow in colorful splendor, while others emanate an uncanny fragrance.

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About the Author:

Marcus X. Schmid, born in Switzerland in 1950, is the author of a number of travel books and works as a translator. He has been visiting Istanbul regularly since 1981, and is fascinated by the hectic development of this metropolis - but also by its history, traces of which he finds at every stop, as well as by the manifold culinary spectrum to be found on the Bosporus. Haluk Uluhan, born in 1956, lives in Istanbul and has been an impassioned photographer of people and landscapes in his homeland for 35 years. As a professional travel guide, he gets around a lot, affording him opportunities to explore Turkey and Istanbul through the lens of his camera, with ever-changing perspectives.

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