Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul
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At midnight, December 31, 1925, citizens of the newly proclaimed Turkish Republic celebrated the New Year. For the first time ever, they had agreed to use a nationally unified calendar and clock. Yet in Istanbul--an ancient crossroads and Turkey's largest city--people were looking toward an uncertain future. Never purely Turkish, Istanbul was home to generations of Greeks, Armenians, and Jews, as well as Muslims. It welcomed White Russian nobles...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0393351866
ISBN13:9780393351866
Release Date:November 2015
Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company
Length:496 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:1.5" x 5.5" x 8.1"
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