Turkey

Jazz Review: Mehmet Ali Sanlikol & whatsnext at Scullers — An Intoxicating Mix

October 4, 2014
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There were times during the performance when Mehmet Ali Sanlikol and the band seemed to fully enter the Ottoman empire.

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Book Review: Orhan Pamuk’s Memories — Istanbul the Melancholic

July 27, 2005
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By Vincent Czyz In his latest book, acclaimed writer Orhan Pamuk has penned an intriguing memoir that focuses on his relationship with Istanbul, the city in which he has always lived. Istanbul: Memories and the City by Orhan Pamuk. Knopf. Ottoman poets were fond of referring to Istanbul, then known to the world as Constantinople,…

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