Zeynep Ahunbay

INTRODUCTION Each historie city is important and attractive in its own way. The beauty and aura of a historie town envelopes the visitor and takes him back into histoiy, making it possible to feel the presence of the past at a very close distance. The works of old masters transcend time and...

PREFACE Edirne is a historic city whose foundation goes back to ancient times; its name derives from HadrianopoUs, the city of Emperor Hadrian. Ottomans took over the Byzantine city and made it their capital at the end of the fourteenth century. Starting with the fifteenth century, the...

PREFACE Cultural heritage of a country reflects its life style and the creative power of its people. Living cultures foster their heritage! an encounter with them gives one the chance to have direct experience and appreciation. But access to the vanished civilizations is only possible through...