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There are a few cities in the world that are almost the same age as the human civilization. These cities have faced a lot of trials, wars, coups and despite everything have succeeded to stay, keep all their fortitude and preserve their historical heritage. Today we will visit one of the most ancient and interesting cities of the world - Istanbul.Located on two coasts and washed by two seas (the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara) this city is an heir and represents both European and Asian culture.After exploring the city we will visit one more unique place that is located on the territory of modern Turkey - Cappadocia. Cappadocia is a territory in the central part of the country, an area with rich centuries-old history and unusual landscapes.After visiting Göreme town, Uçhisar and other beautiful places of Cappadocia our little but extremely interesting journey comes to an end.The photos within this book show readers some of the most iconic areas within Istanbul and Cappadocia to visit but do not offer full descriptions. Readers can use this visual guide to highlight the places they would like to visit. Enjoy and safe travels!

"From a ground-floor room at the end of one block shone a light. It came from a canteen. I saw others were busy while I was lowering a pint of shandy. I was so dry that I could not taste it-I could only just feel it. We felt better. Where there was beer there was hope."Alec Riley was a signaller in the British Army's 42nd (East Lancashire) Division. Egypt Diary 1914-1915 tells of the mobilisation of the division at the outbreak of war, and the territorials' eight-month-long period of training and garrison duty in Egypt prior to being deployed to Gallipoli. It brings to life the strange and exotic sights met by the Lancashire lads, most of whom had previously travelled no further than the annual camps held in North Wales.Written in Alec Riley's dry style, the diary relates with wit and humour the many fascinating experiences and events Riley and his comrades encountered. Interactions with Egyptian locals are interspersed with Riley's acute (and at times subversive) observations of his own officers. Desert marches, exercises and various mundane duties are recorded, as well as measures taken to guard canteens against Australian raiding parties.The book is lavishly illustrated with contemporary soldiers' photographs of Egypt and four specially-produced maps. The editors, Michael Crane and Bernard de Broglio, have added extensive footnotes and detailed biographies of almost 40 officers and men who come to life in Alec Riley's writings.

They don't make them like Frederick Burnaby anymore. With Russia and Turkey preparing for war and the implications are global. Captain Burnaby of the elite "Blues" regiment heads into the Anatolian interior to assess the Russian threat, the Turkish resistance and the looming clash of the Muslim and Christian worlds. More than a century later, Burnaby's thousand-mile trek into the twilight of the Ottoman Empire still reads like tale told at end of an epic dinner party. Part witty travelogue, cultural insights, and charming intelligence report, On Horseback Through Asia Minor is a classic of the Great Game that is still as entertaining as the day it was written.

Los Inicios del Arte Otomano: La herencia de los emiratos presenta las expresiones artísticas y arquitectónicas del oeste de Anatolia y el surgimiento de la dinastía otomana en los siglos XIV y XV. Los emiratos turcos desarrollaron una nueva síntesis estilística de las tradiciones centro-asiática y selyúcida con el legado de las civilizaciones griega, romana y bizantina. Los esquemas arquitectónicos de las mezquitas, los hammam, hospitales, madrasas, mausoleos y grandes complejos religiosos, las columnas y cúpulas, la decoración floral y caligráfica, la cerámica y la iluminación atestiguan la riqueza de estilos. El florecimiento cultural y artístico que acompañó al surgimiento del Imperio Otomano estuvo profundamente marcado por la herencia de los Emiratos.Ocho recorridos le invitan a descubrir 61 museos, monumentos y yacimientos en Milas, Selçuk, Manisa, Bursa, Iznik, Karacabey, Çanakkale, Gelibolu y Edirne, entre otras localidades.Esta obra forma parte de la colección "El arte islámico en el Mediterráneo". Cada título de esta colección tiene una introducción general idéntica para todos los títulos, seguida de una introducción específica al título en cuestión.Para la versión eBook / Kindle: el enlace "Echa un vistazo / Look inside" le da acceso a la tabla de contenido de este título y a una parte de su introducción específica.Para la versión de bolsillo: el enlace "Echa un vistazo/Look Inside" da acceso a la introducción general.Nota: el libro electrónico incluye un índice de nombres de lugares.Busca otros títulos de esta serie disponibles en español o inglés con ‘El arte islámico en el Mediterráneo + MWNF (nueve títulos)’ o ‘Islamic art in the Mediterranean + MWNF’ (diez títulos).Busca todos los títulos de Museum With No Frontiers en todos los idiomas con ‘Museum With No Frontiers + MWNF’.

This substantial account of Constantinople - or Istanbul as it is known today - is both a history and a guide to that magnificent and fabled metropolis where east and west have met for many centuries. Written in 1915 when, as Stamboul, the city was the last stop on the Orient Express, it is illustrated with many rare period photographs. This book for the general reader evokes all the colour and richness of the ultimate oriental city, ancient capital of the Byzantine and Ottoman empires, captured on the brink of modernization in the first years after the revolution. The author describes everyday life in the city, - the features of permanent interest such as mosques, gardens, fountains, the traces of Byzantium and the quays of the Golden Horn as well as the feasts, custom's, festivals and holidays that once enlivened Constantinople but are now only a memory. The work concludes with an account of the revolution and of the effects of World War I on the city. This is a portrait of the Istanbul that all travellers hope to find - and still can, in the pages of this book.

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Der Bildband Türkei ist ein ideales Geschenk für jeden, der dieses Land liebt. In vielen Bildern wird die Türkei vorgestellt, ergänzt um zahlreiche Informationen zu Geschichte und Gegenwart.

1921 reiste der später weltberühmte Autor John Dos Passos durch den Orient - schon damals eine hochexplosive Gegend - und hielt seine Eindrücke in einem Tagebuch fest. Diese abenteuerliche Reise führte den damals 25-Jährigen von der Türkei über Georgien, Armenien, den Iran und den Irak bis nach Syrien. Sein packender Bericht liest sich wie eine Mischung aus Abenteuerroman und der hellsichtigen Analyse eines dramatischen Umbruchs, der bis heute fortwirkt. Geschrieben in knapper Präzision, mit ansteckender Neugier und Beobachtungsgabe, ist das Werk, mit dem Dos Passos dabei war, zu einem der wichtigsten Schriftsteller der amerikanischen Moderne zu werden, jetzt erstmals auf Deutsch zu entdecken.

Robert Walpole (1781-1856), great-nephew and namesake of Britain's first prime minister, was a classical scholar and clergyman. After graduating from Trinity College, Cambridge, he visited Greece and the Middle East. In 1817 he published Memoirs Relating to European and Asiatic Turkey (also reissued in this series), extracts from the unpublished papers of various travellers and antiquaries, and it was so well received that he produced this continuation in 1820. It consists of extracts from the unpublished papers of, among others, W. M. Leake and John Sibthorp, with descriptions of antiquities, and notes by the editor. The topics covered vary considerably and reflect the wide interests of contemporary educated gentlemen: they include travel journals, observations on natural history, inscriptions from Egyptian monuments discovered by Belzoni, and C. R. Cockerell's views on the Labyrinth of Minos. The book remains a rich source for scholars from a wide range of disciplines.

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Orhan Pamuk, der 2006 den Nobelpreis für Literatur erhielt, ergründet in Istanbul die Geheimnisse seiner eigenen Familie und führt uns an die verlorenen Paradiese der sagenhaften Stadt. Er beschreibt die verwunschenen Villen und verwilderten Gärten, die Wasserstraßen des Bosporus und des Goldenen Horns und die melancholischen Gassen der Altstadt. "Istanbul" ist ein Porträt der legendären Stadt an der Schnittstelle zwischen Ost und West und zugleich ein Selbstbildnis des Schriftstellers als junger Mann.