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Issue 46, 2011

Labour of Love

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With architecture at the forefront of this issue, Berrin Torolsan and Jürgen Frank take a tour around Serdar Gülgün’s gorgeous Bosphorus house, originally built as a retreat for a Hungarian pasha; Paolo Girardelli highlights the work of Raimondo D’Aronco, whose mastery of art nouveau changed the face of Istanbul. Plus: Magdalen College’s precious Kütahya porcelain; and the green pea – still a favourite after 11,000 years

Articles online

  • The Bequest of a Gentleman

    Magdalen College’s collection of Kütahya ceramics

    The potters of Kütahya designed their ware to brighten monastic settings. Today these ceramics bring a glow to the old Oxford college of a discerning collector. John Carswell follows in the tracks of their journey from 18th-century Anatolia to English academe. Photographs by Lottie Davies

  • Raimondo D’Aronco

    Architect to the New Society

    He was an Italian with a powerful affinity for the historic buildings of Ottoman Istanbul. But the architect Raimondo D’Aronco was destined to leave his own very stylish stamp on the city. Paolo Girardelli tells the story of a great European innovator

Inside the issue

Architecture

  1. HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY New life for a Bosphorus Retreat, by Berrin Torolsan. Photographs by Jürgen Frank [extract available online]
  2. RAIMONDO D'ARONCO Architect to a New Society. The Architect who brought Art Nouveau to Istanbul, by Paulo Girardelli [available online]

Connoisseur

  1. LONDON'S AUTUMN SALES The Met's new rooms; Amsterdam's Levantine merchants; ancient domestic godesses; 5,000 idols on the Bosphorus; the art of diplomacy.
  2. THE BEQUEST OF A GENTLEMAN Magdalen College's collection of Kütahya ceramics, by John Carswell [available online]

People and Places

  1. FROM ZERO TO HERO Midhat Pasha, father of Turkey's first constitution, by David Barchard
  2. DIGGING THE DIRT ON AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCANDAL Osman Hamdi and the American's rocky start in the Ottoman Empire, by Robert Ousterhout and Renata Holod
  3. PUSHING THE BOAT OUT Rıfat Edin's 12-footers and the charms of his Marmara garden, by Owen Matthews

Books

  1. NORMAN STONE on a good man in Albania [available online]
  2. TIMOTHY DAUNT on colourful British diplomats [available online]
  3. MAUREEN FREELY on the lives of 18th-century women
  4. ROGER NORMAN on inspired translations of Rumi

Food

  1. SWEET PEAS from Stone Age staple to petit pois by Berrin Torolsan

Regulars

  1. Private view, by Andrew Finkel
  2. State of the arts, by Michael Hornsby
  3. Letter from Anatolia, by Roger Norman
  4. Village voices, by Azize Ethem
  5. Eating Out: Andrew Finkel on smart dining in Istanbul

Highlights

  • Sweet Peas

    A handful of green peas improves not only the flavour but the look of amny a winter dish. Celeriac hearts, for example, are unthinkable without a garnish of peas. Pea soup and pilav with peas bring a beam of spring sunshine to the table.

  • Hungarian Rhapsody

    Set amid pines with a glimpse of the Bosphorus is a romantic house built in the 19th century by a Hungarian-born refugee for himself and his young wife. Many such wooden houses nestle in the hills and valleys on the Asian shore. But, as Berrin Torolsan reveals, its restoration by the designer Serdar Gülgün has been a rare labour of love. Photographs by Jürgen Frank

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