Sunday, November 07, 2010

New Guides to Istanbul Offer Insider Tips - NYTimes.com

"New Guides to Istanbul Offer Insider Tips
By SUSANNE FOWLER

Thanks to a handful of new books by locals in the know, visitors to Istanbul can now delve even deeper into this city’s delights.

The American writer and teacher Ann Marie Mershon teamed up with a locally renowned guide, Edda Renker Weissenbacher, a polyglot Turk known for her fascinating strolls through undiscovered areas, to produce “Istanbul’s Bazaar Quarter: Backstreet Walking Tours.”"

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