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The Accidental Palace : The Making of Yıldız in Nineteenth-Century Istanbul /

This book tells the story of Yıldız Palace in Istanbul, the last and largest imperial residential complex of the Ottoman Empire. Today, the palace is physically fragmented and has been all but erased from Istanbul's urban memory. At its peak, however, Yıldız was a global city in miniature and t...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Türker, Deniz (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: University Park, PA : Penn State University Press, [2023]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Notes on Transliterations and Translations
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 Sultan Abdülhamid II's Yıldız Palace
  • Chapter 2 Yıldız Kiosk and the Queen Mothers
  • Chapter 3 Yıldız and Its Gardeners
  • Chapter 4 The Architecture of Yıldız Mountain
  • Chapter 5 The Last Photograph Album of the Hamidian Palace
  • Coda: Palace Mosque, Palace Theater
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index