Scratch a Moscow Street, Find a Tatar
“Scratch a Russian and you will find a Tatar”—a line variously pinned on Napoleon and…
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A Castle Named After a Bowl
Last time it was İznik and its two borrowed names. Now the last of the…
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Not Made in Damascus
Last time we went through the Kütahya crockery and the words hiding inside it. But…
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Sherbet, Julep, and Hand Grenade
Last time we worked out where Kütahya’s lemon yellow came from. Now to the neighbouring…
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Cat on a Hot Tile
Last time I promised to get round to the collections, so let us begin with…
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A Palace Called Kiosk
We found ourselves, as one does, at the Istanbul Archaeology Museum. Or rather museums: the…
