Old People Old Houses-The Social Topography of Beyoğlu in the 19th Century

Old People Old Houses: The Social Topography of Beyoğlu in the 19th Century is a valuable resource written about yesterday's Cadde-i Kebir, extending from Taksim Square to Tünel, and deals with the residential areas of the merchant bourgeoisie in 19th-century Istanbul. Said Naum-Duhani recounts the story of the buildings, which are merely "stones" today, and the "people" within those spaces, firsthand, by going door-to-door. In doing so, he inventories the urban architecture of the Westernization period in Beyoğlu and its surroundings by traversing İstiklal Avenue, which he defines as an "urban artery," along three different routes. With Cemal Süreya's master translation and Çelik Gülersoy's rare portrait writing...