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Paperback. Large 8vo. In Turkish. 286 p., color and b/w ills. Istanbul Research Institute began the Istanbul Studies Series, which publishes original studies on the history, archaeology, historic topography, and architecture of Istanbul with Istanbul'un Eski Venedik Yerlesimi ve Dönüsümü in 2011. The series in question is comprised of both original graduate theses and studies conducted by independent researchers. The first book of the series addresses the Venetian settlement, which has been subject to little research to date although it carries great significance in terms of the historic topography of Istanbul during Byzantine and Ottoman times. Written as Istanbul Technical University School of Architecture- Department of Architecture History faculty member Aygül Agir's Ph.D. thesis on the Venetian settlement once located on the southern banks of the Golden Horn as the center of the commercial activities that sustained the daily life of Istanbul, this thorough research is the first of its kind to bring to life the Venetian settlement upon a historical topography based on Venetian and Ottoman archive documents.

Lingue: Turkish