RESOURCE LIST
Turkey: From Religious Empires
to Secular Republic

June 17-July 3, 2006

BOOKSOverviews of Turkey

  • Kinzer, Steven. Crescent and Star -- Turkey between Two Worlds. Farrar Straus, 2002.Mango, Andrew. The Turks Today. Overlook, 2004.Pamuk, Orhan. Istanbul -- Memories and the City. Knopf, 2005.
  • Settle, Mary Lee. Turkish Reflections -- A Biography of a Place. Touchstone, 1992.

Histories of the Region

  • Ahmad, Feroz. Turkey -- A Short History. OneWorld, 2004.Findley, Carter Vaughn. The Turks in World History. Oxford, 2004.Lloyd, Seton. Ancient Turkey -- A Traveler's History. University of California, 1999.
  • Pope, Hugh and Nicole. Turkey Unveiled. Overlook, 2001.

Turkish Culture

  • Bektas, Cengiz. Turkish Style. Vendome, 1992.Mourad, Keniza. Living in Istanbul. Flammarion, 1994.
  • Ozan, Ozcan. Sultan's Kitchen -- A Turkish Cookbook. Periplus, 2001.

Mystery novels set in Turkey (Istanbul Inspector Cetin Ikmen)

  • Nadel, Barbara. Belshazzar's Daughter -- A Novel of Istanbul. 1999.- Arabesk. Headline Books, 2001.
  • - The Ottoman Cage. St. Martin's, 2005.
     

Novels

  • Pamuk, Orhan. The White Castle. 1999.- My Name is Red. Vintage, 2002.- Snow. Vintage, 2004.
  • Settle, Mary Lee. Blood Tie. (1978 National Book Award)

VIDEOS

  • Turkey, Lonely Planet (1997) ISBN: 190097925X available through Amazon.com

WEBSITES

Encyclopedia of the Orient Turkey article

Turkish Embassy Country Profile

Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism

Brosnahan's Turkey Travel Planner

Lonely Planet

Turkey Guide and Travel Information

Official Guide to Istanbul

Skyscrapercity (wonderful digital photography of Turkey)

Turkish Food

Turkish Language