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The
Abyssinian Proof,
by Jenny White
Novelist (and social anthropologist)
Jenny White takes her readers far
beyond—and beneath!—the usual locales
of Istanbul, to the intriguing city
of late Ottoman times, and even the
Byzantine city of the 15th century,
in this cracking good mystery. More...
The Sultan's Seal,
by Jenny White
An English governess in the sultan's harem
is murdered, much like another English governess had
been murdered years before. The usual Ottoman intrigue,
or a symbol of the fall of empire? It's Kamil Pasha's
job to find out, probing the depths of a city, and
an empire, mysterious and decadent. More...
On Freedom Street, by
Yesho Atil
One of ten children, Mehmet grows
up in modest circumstances, then
leaves the comfort of home to discover
the big city of Adana, its women,
himself, and honor, love and loyalty.
More...
Six
for Gold, by Mary
Reed & Eric Mayer
A mystery novel set in
Byzantium,
it's the story of John
the Eunuch, Lord Chamberlain
to Emperor
Justinian.
Accused of murder, he is sent to Egypt
to investigate a bizarre train
of death while the intrigue over
his own activities roils Constantinople. More...
Snow, by Orhan Pamuk
This novel by the winner of the Nobel
Prize for Literature 2006 takes place in Kars,
an elemental town in a harsh climate perfect for
the clash of expatriate Turks and Kurdish rebel,
political Islamists, poverty-stricken locals and
leftist thespians. It's a complicated, thrilling,
important tale.
The New Life, by
Orhan Pamuk
Pamuk's post-modernist story takes you through the
personal and romantic angst of a Turkish student
in Istanbul and on long, mind-bending bus rides.
Time and space warp and bend, and nothing is as it
seems....
My Name is Red, by
Orhan Pamuk
One of Europe's most prominent novelists, Pamuk
won the Nobel Prize
for Literature 2006. This
novel is a murder mystery and love story set in the
exotic
world
of Istanbul in
the 1500s.
Memed, My Hawk, by
Yashar Kemal
Turkey's grand old man of fiction, sometimes compared
to Kazantzakis, beautifully evokes the mythic Turkish
past and combines it with modern Anatolian life in
this classic novel—the most famous novel by
a Turk until the appearance of Orhan Pamuk.
Murder on the Orient Express,
by Agatha Christie
Everyone thinks this is a book about Turkey because
the Orient Express went
from Paris to Constantinople, but in fact it has
almost nothing to do with the country or the people.
However, it's still a wonderful read, especially
on the plane!
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