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Pera, 1955–1964: a Greek neighbourhood in the heart of Istanbul, where Greeks and Turks live side by side in harmony, dream, love and form strong bonds of friendship. Among them are kind-hearted Ismail with his coffee house, solitary Isidoros buried in the dust of his books, sensual Ayşe, who leaves a child behind, the noblewoman Kallianthi, Nadir, who desires Aslı, Esin, who will change her fate, and old Giasemo with Yusuf, a troupe wandering the alleys, coffee houses, hammams, brothels and the Bosphorus, and the memories of lost or exchanged homelands. But the clouds of nationalism gather, and the September pogrom of 1955 and the expulsions of 1964 will change their lives and the city forever.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

464 pages in the original

Genres

Historical, Love, Migration (assigned by AI)

Set in

Türkiye, 1955–1964

First published

2022 by Ψυχογιός

ISBN

9786180145878 (original)