Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul by Charles King

Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul

Charles King

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nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced
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At midnight, December 31, 1925, citizens of the newly proclaimed Turkish Republic celebrated the New Year. For the first time ever, they had agreed to use a nationally unified calendar and clock.Yet in Istanbul--an ancient crossroads and Turkey's ...

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