Crescent and Star by Stephen Kinzer.
Highly recommended. Very readable and informative history of modern Turkey by a passionate Turkophile.
Ataturk by Patrick Kinross.
Voluminous biography about the man that created modern Turkey.
Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernieres.
Beautiful novel set in the last days of the Ottoman Empire.
My Name Is Red by Orhan Pam.
A bit too esoteric for me but a famous novel by a Turkish writer.
Any Poetry by Rumi. 13th century Poet.
What can I say? Not too esoteric for me.
Lonely Planet Istanbul City Guide
Guide book which I recommend.
Time Out Istanbul
Current events cultural magazine in English. There will be a current issue for you in your hotel room.
