Books that will help you before Traveling to Turkey

 

 Reading some books before every trip is important and useful. This review or research helps you to know many things about the destination you are going on your travels.

In this article I suggest seven books related to travel around Turkey, some of which are from Turkish content creators. If you are thinking of traveling and tourism to Turkey soon, take time to look at some of these books that will help you, perhaps make you understand your trip and understand the destination you are traveling to.

 ·         Memories of Istanbul and the City by Orhan Pamuk

The Nobel Prize winner reviews his childhood days in Istanbul...the despair of this raging society surrounded us. And perhaps it is so unusual, like the desire to westernize and modernize, that the most insane desire, it seems, is to be freed from the relatively large number of unpleasant memories.

 

·         Istanbul Noir, edited by Mustafa Zilan and Amy Spangler

Featuring 16 stories, all unique, they are part of Turkey's most interesting creators; The result is an underground portrait of the city and Turkey, told in suggestive and beautiful language regularly and fascinatingly.

 

·         The birds are gone too by Yasar Kemal

A short novel from one of Turkey's world-renowned and widely read writers who would additionally have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. In this book, the writer tells the story of three young men trying to fulfill their dreams in the ever-changing climate of the megacity: Istanbul.

·         Scotch and Holy Water by John David Thomban

A book about Turkish individuals and life in Turkey from the point of view of the Turkish individual, you may find it arrogant and his perceptions wrong, but it will undoubtedly be useful in understanding Turkish thinking.

 

·         The Flea Palace by Elif Shafak

Şafak is a young Turkish writer, writing success stories in Turkey, France and Bulgaria. Flea Palace is a novel regarding the daily schedules of the occupants of a high-rise building in Istanbul called BonBon Palace, a small depiction of the actual city, the city of logical differences and contradictions, and the city where East meets West.

 

·         Book Birds Without Wings, by Louis de Bernier

 A novel that tells the sad romantic story of a young Christian woman, Philothe, and Abraham, her beloved and Muslim companion. The story takes place in Eskibahçe, a small story town; Although fictional, Eskibahçe's setting is based on the town of Kayaköy near Fethiye, the remains of which actually exist today; An excellent book, honest from the heart.

 

·         Tales from Emigrants: Foreign Women in Modern Turkey

 The group includes the educational encounters of 32 women from seven countries and five land regions, whose overall experience ranges in the course of the last several years. These different ladies depicted religion, culture, clashes, customs and traditions from the point of view of the unfamiliar ladies who live and work in Turkey. They will take you down the gentle roads of Istanbul, to warm homes, and to hot baths. In case you want to visit Turkey soon, this book is an exceptional experience that will make you feel at ease with Turkish individuals.