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20%OFFIfran Orga - Portrait of a Turkish Family - 9780907871828 - V9780907871828
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Portrait of a Turkish Family

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Description for Portrait of a Turkish Family Paperback. A story of Irfan Orga's family's survival. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJ; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 404. 332 pages. A story of Irfan Orga's family's survival. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJ; BGHA. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 22. Weight: 406.

Irfan Orga was born into a prosperous family in the twilight of the Ottoman Empire. His mother was a beauty, married at thirteen, who lived in the seclusion of a harem, as befitted a Turkish woman of her class. His grandmother was an eccentric autocrat, determined at all costs to maintain her traditional habits. But the First World War changed everything. Death and financial disaster reigned, the Sultan was overthrown and Turkey became a republic. The family was forced to adapt to an unimaginably impoverished life. In 1941 Irfan Orga arrived in London, and seven years later he wrote ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Eland Books
Number of pages
332
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
332
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780907871828
SKU
V9780907871828
Shipping Time
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About Ifran Orga
Irfan Orga was born into a rich Ottoman family which was decimated, financially and emotionally, by the First World War. He joined the Turkish Air Force but was forced into exile by a law forbidding members of the armed forces to marry foreigners. Living in England with his Anglo-Irish wife and their son Ates, he was largely supported by his ... Read more

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