Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul
Journal: Bustan The Middle East Book Review
Year: 2018

Charles King's Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul is an excellent book that is highly enjoyable to read. Especially for readers with little or no familiarity with Turkey's early republican history, Midnight at the Pera Palace provides a fascinating look into aspects of Istanbul in the 1920s and 1930s. Using examples that draw mainly from the lives of individuals from the country's Jewish and Christian minorities, as well as the experiences of foreigners living in Turkey, K