Turkish Reflections: A Biography of a PlaceAfter a twenty-year absence, Mary Lee Settle returns to the land she calls the happiest home she has ever known. A land of intersecting continents, cultures, and contradictions, Turkey beckons her on a cross-country journey, in search of the country's soul--a personal odyssey into history, legend, rumor, and myth. Excerpts appearing in Traveler, The New York Times Magazine and Travel and Leisure. |
Contents
CHAPTER TWO The Wilder Shores of AsiaWith | 9 |
CHAPTER THREE The Lords and Ladies of Byzantium | 33 |
CHAPTER SEVEN Saints Seljuks and Wild Dogs | 99 |
CHAPTER EIGHT Aladdin with Music | 113 |
CHAPTER ELEVEN A Haunting of Children and Monuments | 153 |
CHAPTER TWELVE Midas and Sakarya | 163 |
CHAPTER THIRTEEN An Incident of Time | 175 |
CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Ark of Van | 181 |
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Circles of Space and Time | 215 |
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