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CORNUCOPIA HIGHLIGHTS #18 |
COVER STORY: YALIS OF THE
BOSPHORUS
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- THE OTTOMAN RIVIERA
Some Enchanted Evenings: the story of the Ratip Efendi Yali By Patricia Daunt With interior photographs by Fritz von der Schulenburg Archive photographs
courtesy of
Mrs
Suna Mardin | 
| In the 1950s, a palely beautiful summerhouse on the Bosphorus made tbe perfect playground for the cream of café society. Now its luminous, airy rooms, emptied of fuss and
Colour, reveal their natural beauty. PATRICIA DAUNT uncovers the colourful past of Ratip Efendi's yali. Illustration: Princess Fazileh at the Ratip Efendi Yali, Yeniköy 1957 | |
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TRAVEL: GULET SAILING
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A HARD DAY'S SAILING By Christian
Tyler Photographs:
Sigurd Kranendonk | 
| Some
take the hard dusty route to the Mediterranean's ancient sites. Christian Tyler approached them the hedonist's way: cruising on a gulet along some of the most breathtaking coastline in the
world | Mediterranean travel: Cornucopia
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CONNOISSEUR: TEXTILES
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CARPET CLUES By Philippa Scott | 
| Philippa Scott continues her guide to the world of rug collecting. English Turkeywork, c1600, at
Christie's | |
GARDENS: TURKISH INSPIRATION
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SEVEN GARDENS FOR SEVEN HEAVENS A Turkish-inspired garden on the
Cambridge Fens By John Drake Photographs
by Berrin Torolsan | 
| Two Turkish passions meet in John Drake's beautiful garden: a love of symmetry and an
Abundance of wild flowers. Here the garden historian acknowledges his debt to the Turkish ideal of paradise on earth. TOP:
timber pergolas recall in shape massive Anatolian türbe BOTTOM: a collection of fine plants collected from seed
near Savsat in northeast Turkey and Geranium Aspholoides, which grows at the edge of deciduous woods | |
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ART: THE RENAISSANCE AND
THE EAST
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THE GRAND PARADE By Christine Thomson Illustrations from
Surname-i Humayun: an Imperial Celebration, by Nurhan
Atasoy | 
| When Ottoman sultans wanted to outshine European monarchs by the end of the sixteenth century
they were choosing elaborate entertainments as their ammunition rather than solemn victory processions. In the second article in her series on East-West rivalry, Christine Thomson focuses on the
Istanbul festivities of 1582, a spectacular street party lasting almost two months | |
COUNTRY LIFE
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WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND Text and photographs by Andriette Stathi-Schoorel | 
| Two isolated villages a thousand miles apart share an
Ancient way of communicating across mountainous ravines. Andriëtte Stathi-Schoorel captures the last echoes in Greece and Turkey | |
TURKISH COOKERY
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A VINE ROMANCE Cooking with vine leaves By Berrin Torolsan | 
| What plant can match the bounty of the vine? For thousands of years man has enjoyed the succelence of the grape, the headiness of its
wines, its capacity to heal. But the fruit is not its only gift. Its lush green leaves, which offer dappled shelter from the summer sun, also create the perfect wrapping, bringing their delicate,
delectable tang to the simplest foods. | |
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