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Brosnahan, Tom. Lonely Planet City Guides: Istanbul. Lonely Planet, 1999.

Brown, Deni. Eyewitness Travel Guides: Istanbul. DK Publishing, 1998.

Hellier, Chris, and Francesco Venturi. Splendors of Istanbul: Houses and Palaces Along the Bosporus. Abbeville, 1993.

Mansel, Philip. Constantinople: City of the World's Desire. St. Martin's, 1996.

Seton, Lloyd. Ancient Turkey: A Traveller's History of Anatolia. University of California Press, 1989. A historical geography and travel compendium.

Steele, James. Turkey: A Traveller's Historical and Architectural Guide. Interlink, 1990. Guide to Turkey's marvelous historical sites.

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Barkey, Henri J., and Graham E. Fuller. Turkey's Kurdish Question. Rowman, 1998. Succinct account of the history and current situation of Turkey's Kurdish population.

Goodwin, Jason. Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire. Holt, 2000. An exploration of the victories of the Ottoman Empire.

Kinzer, Stephen. Crescent and Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2001. The complexities and contradictions of modern-day Turkey, from a New York Times bureau chief in Istanbul.

Kramer, Heinz. A Changing Turkey: The Challenges to Europe and the United States. Brookings Institution Press, 1999. An analysis of Turkey's strategic importance.

Lewis, Bernard. The Emergence of Modern Turkey. 3rd ed. Oxford University Press, 2001. Charts the history of the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the development of modern Turkey.

Lloyd, Seton. Ancient Turkey: A Traveller's History. University of California Press, 1999. An archaeologist surveys Turkey's ancient cultures.

Mango, Andrew. Atatürk: The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey. Overlook, 2000. A biography of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Turkish Republic's controversial founder.

Pope, Nicole, and Hugh Pope. Turkey Unveiled: A History of Modern Turkey. Overlook, 1998, 2000. Two journalists survey Turkey's history from the fall of the Ottoman Empire.

Settle, Mary Lee. Turkish Reflections: A Biography of a Place. Prentice, 1991. Historical travelogue.

Stoneman, Richard. A Traveller's History of Turkey. Interlink, 1998. Lively overview of the country, focusing on historical details.

Zurcher, Erik J. Turkey: A Modern History. St. Martin's, 1997. Very comprehensive, detailed volume of Turkey's history.

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