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İstanbul
(Encyclopedia)İstanbul ĭsˌtănbo͞olˈ, ĭstanˈbo͞ol [key], city and metropolitan muncipality,...Hasköy
(Encyclopedia)Hasköy: see İstanbul.Galata
(Encyclopedia)Galata: see İstanbul.Golden Horn
(Encyclopedia)Golden Horn: see İstanbul.Seraglio
(Encyclopedia)Seraglio: see İstanbul, Turkey. ...Stambul
(Encyclopedia)Stambul: see İstanbul, Turkey.Phanar
(Encyclopedia)Phanar or Fanar both: fănˈər, fənärˈ [key], Greek quarter of Constantinople (now İstanbul). Under the Ottoman Empire, Phanar was the residence of the privileged Greek families, called Phanariot...Shafak, Elif
(Encyclopedia)Shafak, Elif, 1971–, Turkish novelist who writes in Turkish and English, b. Strasbourg, France. The most widely read woman novelist in Turkey, she has written nearly 20 books, most of them novels. H...Üsküdar
(Encyclopedia)Üsküdar sko͞oˈtərē [key], urban district, part of İstanbul, Turkey, on the Asian side of the Bosporus. It is a commercial and industrial center. Known as Chrysopolis in ancient times, it enjoye...Pamuk, Orhan
(Encyclopedia)Pamuk, Orhan ôrˈhän päˈmo͞ok [key], 1952–, Turkey's most celebrated contemporary novelist, studied Robert College (now Univ. of the Bosporus) and İstanbul Univ. Pamuk uses a variety of formal...Browse by Subject
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