^#smrgSAHAF Turkey, 218 Photographs By Yan -

In over 300 superb photographs by Yan the monuments, art treasures, landscape and people of Turkey are revealed. Once the nucleus of the powerful and far-reaching Ottoman Empire, this sub-continent has been moulded by Byzantine, Roman, Alexandrine, as well as Greek, Persian, Phrygian and Hittite civilizations. Just how rich is Turkey's heritage from her long and chequered past is splendidly illustrated in this book. Lord Kinross, traveller and Turkophile, contributes an introductory essay which evokes both the romance and the reality of this land, and there is a full commentary to each of the twelve sections into which the book is divided as well as notes on the plates.

To most people, Turkey conjures up the magic names of the Bosporus, the Golden Horn and Hagia Sophia and in this fascinating book they are all captured in their breathtaking beauty. But so also is the rest of her great capital, famous for centuries as Constantinople and now evocative of mystery and intrigue as Istanbul. Here too are the many faces of Turkey, of the peasants still living a primitive existence and of the modern descendants of the celebrated Janissaries.

303 ILLUSTRATIONS IN PHOTOGRAVURE