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Issue 4, 1993, £28 (US$56)
 
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Volume 1
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Volume 2
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Volume 3
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Volume 4
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Volume 5
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Special Istanbul Edition 32

Volume 6
33 34 35 36 37

CORNUCOPIA HIGHLIGHTS #4: THE ABSOLUTE GUIDE TO ISTANBUL

The Absolute Guide to Istanbul I I Byzantine Duet: David and Tamara Talbot Rice I I Istanbul interior I I Cooking with marrows

CORNUCOPIA 64-PAGE SPECIAL FEATURE

A unique companion to Istanbul
Area-by-area intelligence on Istanbul restaurants, hotels, museums and out-of-the-way places
for travellers and residents alike.

Cornucopia unveils

THE ABSOLUTE GUIDE TO

ISTANBUL

1 Beyoglu The European Quarter

2 The Old City Bazaars and grand mosques

3 The Golden Horn Shrines and sanctuaries

4 The Lower Bosphorus Downtown and out of town

5 The Upper Bosphorus The quieter reaches

6 Nisantasi Fashion and design

7 The Princes' Islands Another world

Travel Intelligence Hotels, books and personal views

Photographs by John Brunton. Text by Andrew Finkel, Rose Baring, Christopher Trillo et al.
Introduction by James Wilde
Edited by John Scott, Susana Raby, Tony Barrel

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CORNUCOPIA 4: BEYOGLU

The Absolute Istanbul

BEYOGLU

The European Quarter

Home for centuries to diplomats, whores and clerics, Beyoglu was the elegant centre of the old cosmopolitan Istanbul. Today it thrives as Turkey's answer to Soho - arty, tarty and smart by turns, and the place for a wild night out.

 

CORNUCOPIA 4: THE OLD CITY

The Absolute Istanbul

THE OLD CITY

Bazaars and grand mosques

The grandeur of the city's oldest quarter has a grainier side. Behind the Topkapi Palace, Ayasofya and other buildings of world importance, the bazaars and the teeming streets that lead to them contain all manner of things to buy and restaurants to feast in.

 

CORNUCOPIA 4: THE GOLDEN HORN

The Absolute Istanbul

THE

GOLDEN

HORN

Shrines and sanctuaries

 

A ramshackle backwater of the city, the Golden Horn offers an unglamorous first impression. But its mysterious back streets, pretty churches and mosques, sacred springs and ruined city walls make it fascinating walking country.

 

CORNUCOPIA 4: THE LOWER BOSPHORUS

The Absolute Istanbul

THE

LOWER

BOSPHORUS

Downtown

and

out of town

On the lower shores of these magnificent straits, glamorous upbeat city life carries on alongside a peaceful older world of cafes, parks and palaces

 

CORNUCOPIA 4: THE UPPER BOSPHORUS

The Absolute Istanbul

THE

UPPER

BOSPHORUS

The quieter reaches

To escape the clamour of the city Istanbul heads upstream to its coastal playground - for the leisurely rhythm of waterside villages, the smart summer nightclubs, the forested hinterland and, beyond the forests, the golden sands of the Black Sea

 

CORNUCOPIA 4: NISANTASI

The Absolute Istanbul

NISANTASI

Fashion and design

Welcome to the smarter side of town. In Nisantasi you can shop till you drop - then dine out where the elite meet to eat. Here you will find haute couture, stylish shoes, opulent jewellery and fabulous furniture - both ancient and modern

 

CORNUCOPIA 4: THE PRINCES ISLANDS

The Absolute Istanbul

THE

PRINCES‘

ISLANDS

Another world

Ideal for an escape from the city life, the four islands are a refuge of tranquillity and calm where the pace of life is governed by the horse.

Also see
issue 16

 

But the issue does not end there....
Read on for Anthony Bryer's glorious portrait of the David and Tamara Talbot Rices, Fritz von der Schulenburg's photographs of a pared down minimalism above the Bosphorus, and how to achieve the delivate taste of the marrow...

 

CORNUCOPIA 4: PROFILE

Portrait

BYZANTINE

DUET

By Anthony Bryer

In 1928 David Talbot Rice, gentleman and scholar, and his new bride Tamara set off from Oxford to excavate the Great Palace of Byzantium. Tamara, an author of books on Seljuks and Scythians, talked to Anthony Bryer for this profile of the couple and their life together

 

CORNUCOPIA 4: ISTANBUL INTERIORS

Interiors

TALL, WHITE

AND

HANDSOME

By Jeremy James

Photographs by

Fritz von der Schulenburg

The Bechers' s serene apartment in Ayazpasha overlooking the Bosphorus uses colour with a light touch. Jeremy James was dazzled by its minimal brilliance.

 

CORNUCOPIA 4: TURKISH COOKERY

COOKERY

THE TASTE OF

AN

EASTERN SUMMER

Cooking with marrows

Text and photographs by
Berrin Torolsan

Summery herbs transform the versatile marrow into light, succulent dishes. Berrin Torolsan uses the fruit and the flower in classic Turkish recipes:

Taratorlu Kabak / Stewed Courgettes with Nut Sauce
Kabak Imam Bayildi / Courgettes in Olive Oil
Kabak Kizartmasi / Courgette Fritters
Kabak Boregi / Courgette Pie
Mücver / Courgettes with Egg and Cheese
Kabak Dolmasi / Stuffed Courgettes
Kabak Kalyesi / Courgette Stew
Kabak Çiçegi Dolmasi / Stuffed Marrow Flowers
 

 

Books reviewed in Issue 4

Architecture, Ceremonial and Power: The Topkapi Palace in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries, by Gülru Necipoglu.
Review by Tim Stanley. Buy from Amazon
 
Berji Kristin: Tales from the Garbage Hills, a novel by Latife Tekin, translated by Ruth Christie and Saliha Paker.
The Arabesk Debate: Music and Musicians in Modern Turkey, by Martin Stokes
Review by David Barchard Buy from Amazon
 
Living in Turkey, by Stephane Yerasimos, photographs by Ara Güler and Samih Rifat.
Review by Nicholas Haslam Buy from Amazon

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