Other Highlights from Cornucopia 51

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  Setting the Scene: Spirits of Beyoğlu

  Maureen Freely recalls the artists and writers who enlivened her childhood with their flamboyant bravado and unspoken sadness

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  The Sultan’s New City: A Fragrant Contradiction

  In the very thick of the city, with its fret and fuss, belching traffic and urban sprawl, lies a glade scented with linden blossoms. Here the young Sultan Abdülmecid built a jewel of a palace, grand but tiny, which is still a green oasis and place of escape. By Berrin Torolsan



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  Setting the Scene: Strangers in a Strange Land

  Until the 20th century, visitors would sail serenely into Istanbul to disembark opposite the Topkapi. After this spectacular start, reality would set in. By David Barchard



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  Blooming Marvels

  For more than two centuries the Ottomans were obsessed by the elegance of the tulip and grew over 3,000 varieties, each characterised by almond-shaped petals drawn out into an exaggerated taper.



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  Modern Nomads

  With its hundreds of different shapes, pasta is today one of the most widely consumed and enjoyed of all the staples

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  The European City

  Across the Golden Horn from the Topkapı and the bazaars is the European City, where fortunes have for centuries been made and lost.




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  Centre of excellencies

  Patricia Daunt extols the palatial embassiess that adorn the heights of old Pera. Photographs by Brian McKee

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  Steppe Brothers

  The Sakip Sabanci Museum has just celebrated 600 years of diplomatic relations between Poland and Turkey. Jason Goodwin finds deep-rooted affinities between the two countries



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  ...and the prize goes to…

  John Carswell introduces the mesmerising entries in this year’s Ancient and Modern Prize for original research



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  Nights at the Opera

  With 19th-century Istanbul in thrall to the music of Italy, an extraordinary theatre was born, the creation of one rather ‘odd character’. Emre Aracı tells a tale of comedy and tragedy



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  Beyoğlu in the Jazz Age: Dancing Until Daybreak

  Black musicians, White Russian princesses, Turkish flappers… During the Jazz Age, Beyoğlu was a ferment of modernity and decadence. By Thomas Roueché

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  Setting the Scene: The Tower and the Glory

  For 700 years, the European quarter was home to Genoese, Jews, Greeks and many others. Norman Stone charts the district’s changing fortunes