The Bosphorus: An Illustrated Story

A Bosphorus epic woven not from stone, but from words.

Three Languages, Three Different Worlds

Turkish edition cover

5th Turkish Edition

  • Publisher: Timaş Yayınları
  • Pages: 288
  • ISBN: 978-605-08-2873-3
English edition cover

3rd English Edition

  • Publisher: Timaş Publishing
  • Pages: 288
  • ISBN: 978-605-08-3019-4
Italian edition cover

2nd Italian Edition

  • Publisher: Timaş Publishing
  • Pages: 312
  • ISBN: 978-625-6767-52-2
Official Italian site →
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Along the Bosphorus 01/ 05
  1. 01 Passage
  2. 02 Fortress
  3. 03 Map
  4. 04 Shores
  5. 05 Detail

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01 · Passage
"The Bosphorus is difficult to define; for some, it is a waterway; for others, a natural wonder."

Dr. Sedat Bornovalı's book illuminates the lesser-known sides and mysteries of this singular geography.

02 · Fortress

Built not only from stone and mortar, but from centuries of strategic imagination: Rumeli Fortress, the monument that announced Byzantium's final days...

03 · Map

From the maps of Vincenzo Maria Coronelli to the brush of Melling...

This geography of historic waterfront mansions, sultans and ambassadors unfolds before you like a theatre stage.

04 · Shores

The shores face one another; mansions, villages and piers form one long city on both sides of the water.

To understand the Bosphorus is to read the gazes and passages between buildings, not only the buildings themselves.

05 · Detail

Into the map

At the final stop, the map is no longer merely a document but a gaze travelling along the shore. Scroll from the whole to the coast, from structure to detail.

01 / 04 The whole
02 / 04 The shore
03 / 04 The structure
04 / 04 The trace

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Author: Sedat Bornovalı

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