Issue 38, 2007
The Big Bursa Issue
The birthplace of the Ottoman Empire. Beauty and the Beast: Arabians and Thoroughbreds. Ahmed Vefik Pasha, saviour of monuments. Kütahya ceramics; Anatolian flowers; the Yıldız Palace albums; the Turkic-speaking peoples; the great rakı tasting. Plus: feast food – freshly baked çörek
Highlights
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What is a Turk?
Christian Tyler, author of Wild West China, The Taming of Xinjiang, assesses Ergun Çağatay’s extraordinary volume of photographs of the wider Turkic world
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Feast Food
The çörek is full of symbolism, and its association with religious festivals reflects earlier pagan customs. All sorts of buns, loaves and çörek are eaten at Sabantoy, the colourful June festival celebrated by the Altay, Çuvaş, Tatar and Başkurt peoples of Central Asia.
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The Birthplace of Empire
Heath W Lowry, in the first of a series of articles this issue, pays tribute to the city that gave the Ottoman state its first capital.
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Whistlestop Bursa: A day out on the tiles
John Carswell on the city that married the courtly arts of Asia to the princely aspirations of Renaissance Europe. Photographs by Jürgen Frank
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The Beauty of the Beast
No day passes in Turkey when horses are not racing – and when it comes to prize money the country now leads the field. Donna Landry visits Karacabey, the national stud near Bursa, with the Ottoman historian Caroline Finkel and discovers an equestrian paradise
Inside the issue
Bursa: Home of the Sultans
- The Birthplace of Empire, by Heath W Lowry
- Whistlestop Bursa: A Day Out on the Tiles, by John Carswell
- Costume Drama: The Esat Uluumay Museum, by Jennifer Scarce
- Exploring Bursa
- The Baths of Bursa
- Bursa Books
The Patriot
- Ahmed Vefik Pasha, man of letters, tactless diplomat and saviour of Bursa's buildings. By David Barchard
The Beauty of the Beast
Art Books of the Year
- The Turkic Speaking Peoples edited by Ergun Çağatay and Doğan Kuban. Reviewed by Christian Tyler
- Souvenirs of Istanbul: Photographs from the Yıldız Palace albums, by Nurhan Atasoy. Reviewed by Philip Mansel
- The Magic of Clay and Fire by Garo Kürkmen. Reviewed by Yolande Crowe
- Flowers of Anatolia by Fatih Orba with Martyn Rix. Reviewed by Ursula Buchan
Plus
- Santa: A Life by Jeremy Seal. Reviewed by Robert Ousterhout
- The Cambridge History of Turkey, Vol 3 The Later Ottoman Empire, 1603–1839, edited by Suraiya N Faroqhi
- Turkey from Empire to Revolutionary Republic, by Sina Akşin. Reviewed by David Barchard
Food and Drink
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Feast Food
Biscuits and buns for high days and holy days, by Berrin Torolsan -
Into the Lion's Den
Kevin Gould picks the best new rakı
Travel Tales
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Rocks and Roses
Min Hogg is beguiled by Cappadocia
Regulars
- Private View, Andrew Finkel's Turkish newsround
- Village Voices, Azize Ethem's Iznik diary
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Restaurants
Tales from the top tables
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