The Essay - Postcards from Istanbul
Celebrating Istanbul's year as European Capital of Culture in 2010, five writers and intellectuals give their views on Turkey's largest city
The Essay - Postcards from Istanbul - Elif Shafak
Turkish author Elif Shafak casts a writer's eye over Istanbul, considering the city's many identities and its many inhabitants, from the ghosts of the past to the real Istanbulites.
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The Essay - Postcards from Istanbul - Huzun
Writing from Istanbul today, academic Maureen Freely reflects on 'huzun', the great feeling of melancholy described by Orhan Pamuk that seemed to envelop the city of her youth.
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The Essay - Postcards from Istanbul - Jason Goodwin
Writer Jason Goodwin looks back at 19th-century Istanbul, a city in great upheaval after the Ottoman Conquest, and considers how it became the inspiration for his own novels.
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The Essay - Postcards from Istanbul - Mary Beard
Professor Mary Beard casts a classicist's eye over Istanbul under the reign of the great Roman Emperor Constantine, examining the cultural heritage of the period.
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The Essay - Postcards from Istanbul - Moris Farhi
Distinguished Turkish author Moris Farhi, exiled from Turkey for more than 50 years, explores the mythical past of Istanbul though his childhood memories.
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