Surviving Istanbul Av Suraiya Faroqhi

It is an often ignored but fundamental fact that in the Ottoman world as in most empires, there were ¿first-class¿ and ¿second class¿ subjects. Among the townspeople, peasants and nomads subject to the sultans, who might be Muslims or non-Muslims,...

The cultural heritage of the Ottoman Empire has traditionally been presented to us through its monuments and high arts. Our understanding of its culture has thus come from a world created by and for sultans, viziers and the elite of the Empire. But what...

«Helvetet er ikke det stedet der vi lider. Det er stedet der ingen hører oss lide». Mansur Al-Hallaj <br/>I en liten fengselscelle tre nivåer under Istanbul, sitter fire menn og forteller hverandre historier. En lege, en barberer, en student...

Since the 1980 military coup in Turkey, much of the history and politics of the country can be described as a struggle between democracy and authoritarianism. In this accessible account of the country''s politics, society and economics, the...