Quaint And Curious Volumes | uninvited Istanbul Tag! @JamesRuchala | Uploaded February 2024 | Updated October 2024, 9 hours ago.
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I do the Istanbul Tag
This tag was created by @jimsbooksreadingandstuff

If you want to do the tag here are the prompts:
1. Istanbul has many names, which do you prefer?
2. Orhan Pamuk won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2006. Have you read any books by an author because they had won the Nobel Prize for Literature?
3. Have you visited Istanbul?
4.Have you read a book set wholly or partially in Istanbul? (or have you seen a film set in Istanbul?)
5. Have you read a book that mentioned the Armenian Genocide?

A real cümbüş player (old):
youtu.be/-ZIPuxizM9I?si=dpcc4zigExb5oYwa

A real cümbüş player (young):
youtu.be/uW8hz6X7n3s?si=Il5oC6f6LRWAarVg

Books mentioned
My name is Red by Orhan Pamuk
The White Castle by Orhan Pamuk
The Sultan's Seal by Jenny White

Films mentioned:
Topkapi (1964) heist film Jules Dassin
Crossing the Bridge (2005) Fatih Akin with Alexander Hacke

Booktubers tagged:
@sterlingreads547
@The_Witch_of_Noccalula
@BoomerBookings-yf2de