Glimpses of Turkey/Fiction about Turkey
Turkish Reflections: A Biography of a Place (1991) by Mary Lou Settle. Simon & Schuster.
A Fez of the Heart: Travels Around Turkey In Search of a Hat (1996) by Jeremy Seal. Touchstone Books.
Turkish Delights (2001) by Philippa Scott. Thames & Hudson.
Memed my Hawk (Ince Memed) (1999) by Yashar Kemal. Harvill Press.
They Burn the Thistles: Memed my Hawk -- Part II by Yashar Kemal. Harvill Press.
Iron Earth, Copper Sky (1997) by Yashar Kemal. Harvill Press.
Harem: The World Behind the Veil (1989) by Alev Lytle Croutier. Abbeville Press.
Seven Houses (2002) by Alev Lytle Croutier. Atria Books.
Istanbul Boy: That's how it was but not how it's going to be -- TheAutobiography of Aziz Nesin, Parts I and II (1977) translated by Joseph S. Jacobson. Middle East Monographs, No. 3 & 7, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas at Austin.
The Towers of Trebizond (1956) by Rose Macaulay. Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc..
Red Poppies and White Marble (1962) by Martin Flavin. Thomas Nelson & Sons.
Scotch and Holy Water (1981) by John Tumpane. St. Giles Press.
The White Castle: A Novel (1998) by Orhan Pamuk, Victoria Holbrook (translator). Vintage Books.
Sofia , The Sultan's Daughter and Reign of the Favored Women (1998) by Ann Chamberlain. Tor Books.

Traveling in Turkey
Lonely Planet Turkey: Sites, Bites and Turkish Delights (March 2001) by Tom Brosnahan, Pat Yale, and Richard Plunkett. Lonely Planet Publications.
Let's Go Turkey 2000 (1999) by Let's Go Travel Guides. St. Martin's Press, Inc.
The Rough Guide to Turkey (June 2000) by Rosie Ayliffe, Marc Dubin and John Gawthrop. Penguin Books Ltd.
Insight Guides Turkish Coast (1998) edited by Metin Demirsar. APA Publications.
Fodor's Exploring Turkey (1999) Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc.
World Food Turkey (June 2000) by Dani Valent and Jim and Perihan Masters. Lonely Planet Publications.
Eat Smart in Turkey (1996) by Joan and David Peterson. Ginko Press, Inc.
Turkish Odyssey: A Traveler's Guide to Turkey and Turkish Culture (1998) by Serif Yenen, Sinan Torunoglu (illustrator). Serif Yenen.
A Traveller's History of Turkey (1998) by Richard Stoneman, John Hoste (Illustrator). Interlink Publishing Group.
Ancient Turkey: A Traveller's History (1999) by Seton Lloyd. University of California Press.


Sailing in Turkey and Blue Voyages
Blue Journey to Lycia and Pamphyllia (1984) by Ilhan Aksit. Aksit Culture and Tourism Publications.
The Blue Sailing (1995) by Ilhan Aksit. Aksit Culture and Tourism Publications.
The Aegean: A Sea-Guide to its Coasts and Islands (1975) by H.M. Denham. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Southern Turkey, The Levant and Cyprus: A Sea-Guide to the Coasts and Islands (1973) by H.M. Denham. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Mediterranean Sailing (1988) by Rod Heikell. Nautical Books.
The Aegean Coast of Turkey (1996) by John Freely. Redhouse Press.
The Western Mediterranean Coast (1997) by John Freely. Redhouse Press.

Art, Architecture and Culture
A History of Ottoman Architecture (1992) by Godfrey Goodwin. Thames & Hudson.
Ottoman Turkey: Islamic Architecture (1998) by Godfrey Goodwin. Interlink Publishing Group.
Sailing to Byzantium: An Architectural Companion (1969) by Osbert Lancaster. Gambit Incorporated.
Turkish Traditional Art Today (1993) by Henry Glassie. Indiana University Press.
Turkey Beyond the Maeander (1990) by George E. Bean. John Murray Pubs Ltd.
Turkey's Southern Shore: An Archaeological Guide (1968) by George E. Bean. Ernest Benn Limited.
Aegean Turkey: An Arhcaeological Guide (1966) by George E. Bean. Frederick A. Praeger, Publishers.
Note: Several good books by George E. Bean about the archaeology of southwestern Turkey are out of print but still worth reading if you can find them, including Lycian Turkey (1989).
Across the Aegean: An Artist's Journey from Athens to Istanbul (1996) by Marlene McLoughlin. Chronicle Books.
Music of the Turkish Republic can be found at http://www.turkishmusic.org/



Cooking
The Sultan's Kitchen: A Turkish Cookbook (1998) by Ozcan Ozan. Periplus Editions.
Turkish Cooking: A Culinary Journey Through Turkey (1996) by Carol Robertson, David Robertson (Photographer). Frog Ltd.
The Art of Turkish Cooking (1993) by Neset Eren. Hippocrene International Cookbook Classics.
Classic Turkish Cooking (1997) by Ghillie Basan, Jonathan Basan (Photographer). St. Martins Press.
Classical Turkish Cooking: Traditional Turkish Food for the American Kitchen (1991) by Ayla Alagr, Ayla Esen Algar. Harper Collins.
A Mediterranean Feast: The Story of the Birth of the Celebrated Cuisines of the Mediterranean (1999) by Clifford A. Wright. Harpercollins Publishing.
Mezze: Delicious Middle Eastern, Turkish and Greek Recipes. (1997) by Rosamond Man. Garnet Publishing.



History
Crescent and Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds (2001) by Stephen Kinzer. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC.
Turkey Unveiled: Ataturk and After (1997) by Hugh and Nicole Pope. The Overlook Press.
Lords of the Horizon: A History of the Ottoman Empire (1999) by Jason Goodwin. Henry Holt and Company, Inc.
Ottoman Centuries: The Rise and Fall of the Turkish Empire (1988) by Lord Kinross. Alfred A. Knopf.
Europa Minor: Journeys in Coastal Turkey (1956) by Lord Kinross. John Murray.
Alexander's Path: A Travel Memoir (1988) by Freya Stark. The Overlook Press, Peter Mayer Publishers, Inc.
Ataturk: The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey (2000) by Andrew Mango. The Overlook Press.
Turkey: A Modern History (1997) by Erik J. Zurcher. I.B. Tauris and Co. Ltd., London.
Strolling Through Istanbul: A Guide to the City (1972) by Hilary Sumner-Boyd and John Freely. Redhouse Press.
Istanbul: The Imperial City (1998) by John Freely. Penguin USA.
Inside the Seraglio: Private Lives of the Sultans in Istanbul (2000) by John Freely. Penguin Books.
The Ottomans: Dissolving Images (1995) by Andrew Wheatcroft. Penguin Books.
The Imperial Harem (1993) by Leslie P. Pierce. Oxford University Press.
The Emergence of Modern Turkey (1984) by Bernard Lewis. Oxford University Press.
The Dream and the Tomb: A History of the Crusades (1991) by Robert Payne. Scarborough House.
The Hittites: And Their Contemporaries in Asia Minor (1996) by J. G. MacQueen. Thames & Hudson.
The Ashes of Smyrna: A Novel of the Greco-Turkish War (1971) by Richard Reinhardt. Harper & Row Publishers.



Turkish
Beginner's Turkish (1999) by Fuad A. Attaoullah. Hippocrene Books.
Colloquial Turkish: The Complete Course for Beginners (The Colloquial Series) (2001) by Jeroen Aarssen and Ad Backus. Routledge.
hugo Turkish in Three Months: Simplified Language Course (1999 by Bengisu Rona. DK Publishing.
Teach Yorself Turkish: A Complete Course for Beginners (1996) by Asuman Celen Pollard and David Pollard. Teach Yourself Books.
Conversational Turkish in 7 Days (1992) by Tayfun Caga, Gillian Caga (Contributor). Passport Books.
Just Enough Turkish (1990) by D. L. Ellis, Roderick Conway Morris. NTC/Contemporary Publishing.
Langenscheidt English-Turkish Lilliput Dictionary (1986)
Langenscheidt Pocket Dictionary (1993)
Redhouse English-Turkish/Turkish English Dictionary (1997)

There are some excellent websites for locating used and out-of-print books. We recommend that you visit:

ABE Books
Alibris Books
Add All Used Books
Fetch Book

You can also contact the Turkish Tourism Offices in the US for travel information at:

821 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017
(202) 687-2194 1717

2525 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone: (202) 612-6800/6802
Toll free: 1-877 FOR TURKEY
Fax : (202) 319-7446
E-mail : dc@tourismturkey.org