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CORNUCOPIA HIGHLIGHTS #13 |
THE CORNUCOPIA TURKISH GARDEN ISSUE |
THE
TURKISH
GARDEN
ISSUE An introduction by Martyn Rix with photographs by Berrin Torolsan | 
| Martyn Rix introduces a
special issue devoted to Turkey's horticultural heritage, from the splash of the urban window box to the
splendour of a mountain hillside | Also see the online arts diary for two
exhibitions of floral art in textiles in Washington DC Martyn Rix is the editor of
Curtis's Botanical Journal. His two most recent articles in Cornucopia explore the flora of the Taurus Mts
(see Cornucopia 29 and 31 |
The Mediterranean
Garden |
THE TAMED HILLS OF ALANYA By Scott Redford Photographs
by Sigurd Kranendonk and Astrid von Schell | 
| The Seljuk sultans who fell in love with Alanya and tamed its wild hillsides in the thirteenth
century left a legacy of walled gardens and verdant terraces that is only now being
rediscovered. | |
Black Sea Rhododendrons |
FLOWERS THAT MADE MEN MAD Text and
photographs by Andrew Byfield | 
| The truly intoxicating rhododendrons of northeast
Turkey | Andrew Byfield other aticles include:
Turkish peatlands
Cornucopia 14 Turkish primulas:
Cornucopia 15 |
Istanbul's urban garden |
HOORAY FOR GREY Photo-essay by
Neale Williams | 
| The vast, sublimely grey
cityscapes of Istanbul provide the perfect foil for flashes of streetwise flower power. | |
Water garden |
SWEET WATERS By William
Douglas Photographs by Nigel Lea-Jones | 
| Some people prefer manicured
lawns. Others prefer eucalyptus glades with terrapins, otters and all kinds of wild birds. Such a house could
be yours. | |
The Ceramic Garden |
TILED IN SLENDOUR By John
Carswell Photographs
by Simon Upton | 
| Festooned with flowers, the brilliantly painted tiles of Rustem Pasha Mosque form a glazed garden
of infinite variety. John Carswell discovers in them the hand of genius that gave birth to classical Iznik
design. | John Carswell's numerous articles for
Cornucopia include: Divan Inspiration: Amasya
Cornucopia 12 Rhapsody in Blue: the inspirational tiles of Edirne's Murad I Mosque.
Cornucopia 19 An Odyssey in Blue: the blue and white porcelain in
the Topkapi Palace
Cornucopia 25 John Carswell's review of the Heaven on Earth:
Islamic Art from State Hermitage, St Petersburg, and the Khalili Collection, London, appears in Cornucopia's
online arts pages. |
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The Painted
Garden THE BOOK OF TULIPS By Turhan
Baytop | 
| In its heyday the
Istanbul tulip was the most fashionable of flowers. | The author of this article, Turhan
Bayton, was one of the most brillliant scholars of his generation. He sadly died in 2002. His second article
in Cornucopia appeared in issue
21: Forever Ambergris, a fascinating study of the medicinal and
decorative uses of ambergris. Brian Matthew's obituary of Turhan Baytop was published in Cornucopia 27 |
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Portrait of a Gardener A
MAN OF THREE CULTURES By Patricia Morison Portrait photograph by David George | 
| Great Dixter's head gardener, Fergus
Mustafa-Sabri Barbaros Garrett, is at home with Turkish culture, English culture and horticulture.
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The Alpine
Garden THE HIGHEST HEAVEN By Liz
Thompson | 
| Fortunate are those who find
their paradise on earth. This is the story of how John Drake and Liz Thompson found their, in a mountain
valley in northeastern Turkey | John Drake's Turkish-inspired garden on the Cambride Fens is featured in Cornucopia 18 with photographs by Berrin Torolsan |
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Cookery:
The Herb Garden THYME
AND TIDE Text and photographs
by Berrin Torolsan | 
| A hint of mint,
a pinch of basil, a sprinkling of thyme, a garnishing of dill - one light touch is all it takes for the
common herb to release its ancient magic. Berrin Torolsan picks a bouquet of fragrant recipes from the herb
garden Recipes include Domates Yemegi (Tomatoes with Basil, 'a dish cooked in
summer, when tomatoes are at their plentiful best'; Maydanoz Salatasi (Parsley Salad), Peynirli Pay (a
savoury herb pie), Kadin Budu Kofte (meatballs known in Turkish as Lady's Thighs), lemon balm sorbet and a
lemon gernamium cake. | |
Books reviewed in Cornucopia
13:
Turkey Unveiled: Ataturk and After, by Nicole and Hugh
Pope (review: David Barchard); Istanbul: The Imperial City, by John Freely (review: Godfrey Goodwin);
Churchill's Secret War - Diplomatic Decrypts: The Foreign Office and Turkey 1942-44, by Robert Denniston
(review: Antony Wynn); The Turkish Labyrinth: Ataturk and the New Islam, by James Pettifer (review: Norman
Stone; Antakya Through the Ages, by Ataman Demir (review: David Morray); The Private World of Ottoman Women,
by Godfrey Goodwin (reviewer: John Carswell); and Ikat: Silks of Central Asia, by Kate Fitz Gobbon and Andrew
Hale (illustrated review: Philippa Scott)
Profile: saxophonist Joshua Redman at the Istanbul jazz festival, by John Brunton; Michael Owen on
Ian Holm's King Lear in Ayasofya
Despatches: John Carswell
from Inner Mongolia, Norman Stone from Ankara, Charles Vaughan from Baku; Frances Kazan from New
York
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