This volume presents the transformation of the Greek-speaking Jewish community of Byzantine Constantinople into an Ottoman, ethnically diversified immigrant community. As the Ottomans influenced its cultural and social values, the community strived to preserve its boundaries wit…
This guide contains everything you need to know about Istanbul - from insightful coverage of the key sights to expert reviews of the very best restaurants, bars, clubs and shops. Image-packed itineraries help you plan your time in the city, while the equally colourful 'Best of' …
Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Transliteration and Manuscripts -- Introduction -- 1 The biographer between this world and the hereafter -- Patrons and adversaries -- Sufi sheikhs and the very special dead -- Fa…
"Dreams and Lives in Ottoman Istanbul explores biography writing and dream narratives in seventeenth-century Istanbul. It focuses on the prominent biographer 'Aṭā'ī (d. 1637) and with his help shows how learned circles narrated dreams to assess their position in the Ottoman ente…
The work known as Pseudo-Kodinos, the fourteenth-century text which is one of two surviving ceremonial books from the Byzantine empire, is presented here for the first time in English translation. With facing page Greek text and the first in-depth analysis in the form of comment…
Recording Kurdish voices from Istanbul and Diyarbakır, Turkey's most important Kurdish-populated cities, this book documents Kurdish narratives of oppression and resistance, and enquires how Kurds reconcile their distinct ethnic identity and citizenship in modern Turkey.
