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CORNUCOPIA HIGHLIGHTS #16
Buyukada I I Zeki Kuneralp I I East-West Renaissance Rivalry I I Sternbergia I I The Last Lighthouse I I
Dragoboys of Ortakoy I I Figs I I Candles |
ISTANBUL: THE PRINCES ISLANDS
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POSTCARDS FROM PARADISE Articles on
Büyükada
by Andrew Finkel,
John Carswell,
Elizabeth Meath Baker
and Angela Berzeg Photographs:
Simon Upton | 
| In a 36 page tribute, Cornucopia offers
five contrasting views of the largest of the Princes Islands, Büyükada. Distant enough for monastic
retreat and political exile, close enough for the summer migration of Istanbul's bourgeoisie, this beguiling
island has a tranquil past but a perilous future. Andre Finkel looks back with affection on thirty years of
summer holidays; John Carswell records his first impressions; Elizabeth Meath Baker and Angela Berzeg unlock
the doors to three of its most fascinating houses. Special 24-page feature | Also on the Princes
Islands:
Cornucopia 28 Trotsky on Prinkipo, by Norman Stone
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PROFILE
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AMBASSADOR
EXTRAORDINARY By David
Barchard | 
| Zeki
Kuneralp was raised far from home on a farm in the Swiss Alps. He returned to become one of the century's
most venerated diplomats. David Barchard pays tribute | |
ART
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THEATRE OF WAR By Christine Thomson | 
| In the race to dominate the world,
sixteenth-century rulers, both Christian and Ottoman, took their military rivalry onto the streets in
glorious cavalcades evoking the triumphal processions of Ancient Rome. Christine Thomson is dazzled by the
splendour of a spectacular renaissance | |
TURKEY'S FLORA
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SKULDUGGERY
AMONG
THE CEDARS By
Andrew Byfield | 
| The story of one of Turkey's rarest bulbs could be taken from the pages of a
thriller. Illustration: freesia-scented Sternbergia candida | |
TRAVEL
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KEEPERS
OF THE
LIGHTS By Kate
Clow | 
| The
lighthouse at Cape Chelidonia, the southernmost point of the Bay of Antalya, stands sentinel over what is now
one of the Mediterranean's most peaceful stretches of coastline. Three generations of one family have kept
the light shining here since it was first lit in 1938. Now, the in te face of satellite technology, darkness
is threatening to return. Kate Clow reports | |
HISTORY
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THE
DRAGOBOYS
OF
ORTAKOY By David Morray | 
| In the late 19th century, in the face of an increasingly corrupt consular service in the
Near East, ambitious plans were laid in Istanbul to train an elite corps of young British
diplomats | |
COOKERY
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A FEAST OF FIGS By Berrin
Torolsan | 
| It is
hard to improve on the intense fragrance of the fabled fig, oozing with honeyed, nutty succulence. Berrin
Torolsan keeps her recipes short and sweet. | Index of cookery
features |
TRADE SECRETS
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Trade Secrets WAX WORK By Elizabeth Meath Baker | 
| Best known for elaborate classically
inspired candles, Gülzen Bükülmez (left) of Tay Mum has given a modern geometric dimension to
her new range. | |
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BOOK REVIEWS: Maureen Freely on a new volume of poetry by John Ash; Antony Wynn on The Priest and The King: An Eye Witness Account of the Iranian
Revolution, by Desmond Harney; Philippa Scott on Konya Cappadocia Carpets From The 17th
to the 19th Centuries, by Ayan
Gülgönen. RESTAURANT
REVIEWS: Andrew Finkel trawls the Bosphorus for the best fish restaurant in town, while
Christopher Ryan finds a little corner of Turkey in London's Islington (see
Iznik Restaurant reviewed) |
