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Issue 31, 2004

China’s Wild West

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The Turks of China - travels in the land of the Uighur. The Caliph’s daughter: Cecil Beaton’s fairytale princess. The doorman’s son who saved the empire; Dazzling flora of the high Taurus; Vintage Cappadocia. Plus: truffles, the cook’s best friend

Inside the issue

Cover Story

  1. The Turks of China: A special report by Christian Tyler on life among the Uighurs of Xinjiang, with photographs by Ashley Gilbertson

Travel

  1. Along the Rocky Road: Fritillaries and other flowers of the high Taurus, by Martyn Rix

Remarkable Lives

  1. The Doorman's Son Who Saved the Empire: Âli Pasha, Grand Vizier, by David Barchard
  2. The Caliph's Daughter: A fairy-tale princess, by Omar Khalidi

Books

  1. Silk: 13th to 18th Centuries, treasures from the Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar. Reviewed by Phillippa Scott
  2. Sketches of Turkey in 1831 and 1832, by James Ellsworth de Kay. Reviewed by David Barchard
  3. Robert Byron, by James Knox. Reviewed by Anthony Bryer. [available online]
  4. Turkish Baths, by Orhan Yilmazkaya. Reviewed by Christopher Trillo. [available online]
  5. Flavours of Byzantium, by Andrew Dalby. Reviewed by Charles Perry. [available online]

Music

  1. Ateş Orga reviews new recordings with a Turkish flavour [available online]
  2. Playing like the Devil: Christian Tyler meets the passionate pianist Fazıl Say

Wine & Food

  1. Cappadocian Vintage: The revival of an ancient wine tradition, by Kevin Gould
  2. Black Diamonds: Turkey's bountiful truffles, by Berrin Torolsan
  3. Off the Eaten Track: Charles Perry on the feast of the equinox

Regulars

  1. Connoisseur: Byzantium at the Met, 300 years of fashion in Istanbul, and the golden Cup of Imbros
  2. Private View by Andrew Finkel
  3. Trade Secrets: The porcelain doctor, by Berrin Torolsan
  4. Village Voices by Azize Ethem
  5. City Life: Restaurants by Andrew Finkel, Hettie Judah on the new wine lists, and Ateş Orga on the cream of music festivals

Highlights

  • Black Diamonds

    Though Turkish truffles resemble their more famous European cousins in appearance, their fragrance – mellow and delicately fruity – is far milder.

  • Vintage Cappadocia

    Is this fantastic landscape about to become the new hotspot for wine-lovers? In Cornucopia 31 Kevin Gould heads for the oldest vineyards on earth to find out. Photographs by Frits Meyst.

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