Cover Story It's a Wonderfully Weird World Andrew Finkel meets the Turkish artist Gürbüz Doğan Ekşioğlu Palaces of Diplomacy: A 50-page guide to the embassies of Ankara Patricia Daunt on how the diplomatic world upped sticks for the new capital The Inside Story The finest embassies and how they came to be built, by Patricia Daunt Birth of a Nation How the Republic put Ankara on the map, by Norman Stone Crockery and Crocuses Martyn and Alison Rix on George Maw, a Victorian enthusiast The Land that Midas Touched A walk on the wild side in the Phrygian Highlands, by David Barchard Book Reviews Nomads in Anatolia, by Harald Böhmer. Reviewed by Robert Chenciner. [available online] Gerald Fitzmaurice (1865-1939), by G R Berridge. Reviewed by David Barchard. [available online] The Byzantine Monuments of the Evros/Meriç River Valley [available online] Connoisseur Exhibitions and salerooms in London, Berlin and Istanbul Colossal carpets Daniel Shaffer on Istanbul's Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts John Carswell on Stockholm's splendid showing of blue and white porcelain Food The Sweet Taste of Summer Melons, by Berrin Torolsan [extract available online] Regulars Village Voices Azize Ethem's Iznik diary Restaurants Andrew Finkel eats out in Alanya and Istanbul Too Good to be Missed David Elliot's Turkish arts round-up
Cover Story It's a Wonderfully Weird World Andrew Finkel meets the Turkish artist Gürbüz Doğan Ekşioğlu Palaces of Diplomacy: A 50-page guide to the embassies of Ankara Patricia Daunt on how the diplomatic world upped sticks for the new capital The Inside Story The finest embassies and how they came to be built, by Patricia Daunt Birth of a Nation How the Republic put Ankara on the map, by Norman Stone Crockery and Crocuses Martyn and Alison Rix on George Maw, a Victorian enthusiast The Land that Midas Touched A walk on the wild side in the Phrygian Highlands, by David Barchard Book Reviews Nomads in Anatolia, by Harald Böhmer. Reviewed by Robert Chenciner. [available online] Gerald Fitzmaurice (1865-1939), by G R Berridge. Reviewed by David Barchard. [available online] The Byzantine Monuments of the Evros/Meriç River Valley [available online] Connoisseur Exhibitions and salerooms in London, Berlin and Istanbul Colossal carpets Daniel Shaffer on Istanbul's Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts John Carswell on Stockholm's splendid showing of blue and white porcelain Food The Sweet Taste of Summer Melons, by Berrin Torolsan [extract available online] Regulars Village Voices Azize Ethem's Iznik diary Restaurants Andrew Finkel eats out in Alanya and Istanbul Too Good to be Missed David Elliot's Turkish arts round-up
