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title: "Farewell: A Mansion in Occupied Istanbul (Turkish Literature)"
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# Farewell: A Mansion in Occupied Istanbul (Turkish Literature)

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## Customer Reviews

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    A well-written, poignant, and sweeping story with a point of view not usually presented in Americo-European historical sources
  

*by S***C on Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2013*

I love history!  Historical fiction is one of my favorite categories of literature when well written (otherwise it's the pits).This novel is a story that anyone, regardless of culture, can relate to.  What I found especially compelling was that there was quite a bit of historical information written into the story that I had not encountered before in my study of Americo-European sources related to Turkey.  I especially appreciated that this information was folded into the story without a dogmatic agenda that I've found presented by other authors of historical novels.The author has also included "Notes" at the end of the book.  I suggest readers review these before starting the novel because they explain many Turkish phrases and customs that, once known by the reader, add to the enjoyment of the novel.I love her writing style so much that I purchased her newest book after finishing Chapter 3.Thank you Ms Kulin for this wonderful book.  In addition to being among the most respected authors in Turkey, you are now a favorite of mine!

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    The Fall  and The Rise
  

*by C***R on Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2018*

The ambitious work depicts the historic downfall of the Ottoman Empire during the closing years of WWI, interwoven with the personal dynamics and machinations of a wealthy, influential Muslim family.Suspense and intrigue weave throughout the story as the characters wrestle against dangerous times, grapple with tumultuous events, and oppose political rivals.The characters personalities expand through their interactions and activities, as the author simultaneously builds the political, wartime narrative.  A realistic view of the struggle for independence emerges with images of the Allied occupation provoking civil unrest and the response of nationalist revolutionaries and counterrevolutionaries amid and religious agitators.  In the fray, the new women’s rights movement contests traditional social mores.Colorful depictions of daily life as well as power struggles between family members and relationships of tender, passionate love, circle throughout the novel.

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    Learning from lives
  

*by L***T on Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2014*

"Farewell" is a sympathetic, semi-fictional chronicle of the struggles of a circle of well-to-do, urbane and politically active Turks, during the turbulent, often violent post-WWI transition (both social and political) from Ottoman Empire to Turkish Republic, enlivened by the humanity and individuality of the principal characters.  It is simultaneously an unqualified defense of Turkish nationalism, and of the Kemalists who battled Armenians and Greeks (and English and French occupiers) attempting by force of arms to carve their own dominions out of post-war Ottoman domains from the Aegean to Iran -- conflicts which have yet to emerge from the sociopolitical arena of "good guys" and "bad guys".  I found the book to be historically instructive and to involve engrossing human interest, both. (There are some persistent, but not too distracting, typographical irregularities in this edition.)

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