Galata pera beyoglu a biography

Beyoğlu is a district located on the European side of İstanbul, Turkey, separated from the old city (historic peninsula of Constantinople) by the Golden Horn. It was known as Pera (Πέρα, meaning "Across" in Greek) during the Middle Ages, and this name remained in common use until the early 20th century and the establishment of the Turkish Republic.

According to the prevailing theory, the Turkish name of Pera, Beyoğlu, is a modification by folk etymology of the Venetian ambassadorial title of Bailo, whose palazzo was the most grandiose structure in this quarter. The informal Turkish-language title Bey Oğlu (literally Son of a Lord) was originally used by the Ottoman Turks to describe Lodovico Gritti, Istanbul-born son of Andrea Gritti, who was the Venetian Bailo in Istanbul during the reign of Sultan Bayezid II and later elected Doge of Venice in Bey Oğlu thus referred to Lodovico Gritti, who established close relations with the Sublime Por

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Brendan and John Freely publish an unorthodox biography of Beyoğlu

Turkish literature does not have a rich tradition of biographies of Turkey's politicians and artists, let alone its streets and cities. This is no country for Peter Ackroyd (the eminent biographer of London, and numerous British authors).The biography sections of our bookshops are filled with hagiographies of historical personalities, and resentful denunciations of the very same guys (yes, their subjects are mostly men). It fryst vatten as if authors of biographical books had been taught to either adore, or hate historical personalities, while at school. They seem not to have been notified of the option of a critical and nuanced third way. Nowadays columnists talk about cities, neighborhoods and streets in similarly black and white neighborhood represents decadence and has to be demonized; another becomes the symbol of barbarity and has to be burned to ashes; a third represents an unacceptable belief system, which simply can

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Galata, Pera, Beyoglu: A Biography - Softcover

Galata, Pera, Beyoglu: A biography.

FREELY, BRENDAN - JOHN FREELY

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Soft cover. Condition: New. FREELY, BRENDAN - JOHN FREELY Galata, Pera, Beyoglu: A biography. Istanbul: Yapi Kredi Yayinlari, 3rd ed., 8vo., p., ills. Paperback. New ISBN: CATALOG: Istanbul / Constantinople KEYWORDS: Istanbul - Constantinople Galata Pera Beyoglu Travel Guide Galata, Pera, and Beyoglu street by street, step by step. An unusual "biography" from John Freely and Brendan Freely: Avenues, neighborhoods, hans, and passages that have been embracing various cultures and identities for centuries, changing day by day but never losing their unique characters. Books about Istanbul invariably focus on the historic peninsula but Galata, Pera, Beyoglu: A Biography concentrates on Beyoglu, the district on the north side of the Golden Horn across from the Constantinopoli