Orga journeys to the center of Turkey to stay with the Yuruk nomads in the High Taurus Mountains, learning their lore and legends in a world untouched by politi

Irfan Orga was born into a prosperous family of the old Turkey under the Sultans. The 1914 War, brought ruin to the family and a transformation to Turkey. The r

From the Nobel Prize winner and acclaimed author of My Name is Red comes a portrait of Istanbul by its foremost writer, revealing the melancholy that comes of l

The first book-length study on Bellini's famous portrait of Sultan Mehmed II, tracing it's history from the Ottoman Empire to the present day.