Cover Story
Power Dressing: the dramatic imperial kaftans on show at Washington's Sackler Gallery: Cover photograph: detail of a 16th- or 17th-century Ottoman silk kaftan, from the Topkapı Palace, exhibited at the Arthur M Sackler Gallery
Special Feature
LAND OF A THOUSAND MANSIONS
COUNTRY HOUSES OF THE BLACK SEA
A 40-page celebration of the architectural heritage of the Eastern Black Sea Mountains Photographs by Ali Konyalı Contributions by Mustafa Reşat Sümerkan and Michael Meeker
Life and Times
And Where Shall We Begin?: An appreciation of Godfrey Goodwin by Maureen Freely
The Man Who Made Albania: İsmail Kemal's roller-coaster career, by David Barchard
Painting his Way into History: The private world of the dashing last Caliph, by Philip Mansel
Architecture
In the Wake of the Spirits: a beautiful small hotel on the Bosphorus, by Patricia Daunt
Books
Reviews by Tim Stanley, İlber Ortaylı, Robert Ousterhout, David Barchard, Berrin Torolsan and Andrew Finkel
Food
Championed by the Cavalry: Winning ways with okra, by Berrin Torolsan Off the Eaten Track by Charles Perry
Regulars
CONNOISSEUR'S DIARY
PRIVATE VIEW by Andrew Finkel
VILLAGE VOICES by Azize Ethem
RESTAURANTS by Andrew Finkel and Christopher Ryan
Cover Story
Power Dressing: the dramatic imperial kaftans on show at Washington's Sackler Gallery: Cover photograph: detail of a 16th- or 17th-century Ottoman silk kaftan, from the Topkapı Palace, exhibited at the Arthur M Sackler Gallery
Special Feature
LAND OF A THOUSAND MANSIONS
COUNTRY HOUSES OF THE BLACK SEA
A 40-page celebration of the architectural heritage of the Eastern Black Sea Mountains Photographs by Ali Konyalı Contributions by Mustafa Reşat Sümerkan and Michael Meeker
Life and Times
And Where Shall We Begin?: An appreciation of Godfrey Goodwin by Maureen Freely
The Man Who Made Albania: İsmail Kemal's roller-coaster career, by David Barchard
Painting his Way into History: The private world of the dashing last Caliph, by Philip Mansel
Architecture
In the Wake of the Spirits: a beautiful small hotel on the Bosphorus, by Patricia Daunt
Books
Reviews by Tim Stanley, İlber Ortaylı, Robert Ousterhout, David Barchard, Berrin Torolsan and Andrew Finkel
Food
Championed by the Cavalry: Winning ways with okra, by Berrin Torolsan Off the Eaten Track by Charles Perry
Regulars
CONNOISSEUR'S DIARY
PRIVATE VIEW by Andrew Finkel
VILLAGE VOICES by Azize Ethem
RESTAURANTS by Andrew Finkel and Christopher Ryan
