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İstanbul

(Encyclopedia) İstanbul İstanbul ĭsˌtănb&oomacr;lˈ, ĭstanˈb&oomacr;l [key],…

Galata

(Encyclopedia) Galata: see İstanbul.

Hasköy

(Encyclopedia) Hasköy: see İstanbul.

Seraglio

(Encyclopedia) Seraglio: see İstanbul, Turkey.

Stambul

(Encyclopedia) Stambul: see İstanbul, Turkey.

Phanar

(Encyclopedia) Phanar or FanarFanarboth: fănˈər, fənärˈ [key], Greek quarter of Constantinople (now İstanbul). Under the Ottoman Empire, Phanar was the residence of the privileged Greek families,…

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…

Üsküdar

(Encyclopedia) ÜsküdarÜsküdarüsküˈdär [key] or ScutariÜsküdarsk&oomacr;ˈtərē [key], urban district, part of İstanbul, Turkey, on the Asian side of the Bosporus. It is a commercial and industrial…