Istanbul Noir - Mustafa Ziyalan [0]
Published by Akashic Books
©2008 Akashic Books
Series concept by Tim McLoughlin and Johnny Temple
Istanbul map by Ayegül zer
eISBN-13: 978-1-617-75006-9
ISBN-13: 978-1-933354-62-0
Library of Congress Control Number: 2008925932
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Las Vegas Noir, edited by Jarret Keene & Todd James Pierce
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Miami Noir, edited by Les Standiford
New Orleans Noir, edited by Julie Smith
Queens Noir, edited by Robert Knightly
San Francisco Noir, edited by Peter Maravelis
Toronto Noir, edited by Janine Armin & Nathaniel G. Moore
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Acknowledgments
Mustafa thanks Pınar Yeilolu for giving him such a good reason to live, and for not so simply bearing with him through those Istanbul Noir times; Cem Mumcu for encouraging him to plunge into the project; Murat Eyübolu for making him look good in his photographs; his aunt Nil Taneri for inspiring him with her street map of Istanbul which she autographed for him in 1967; and Re-fike Türker, his aunt from Kumkapı, whose death was the death of Istanbul a little bit.
Amy thanks Dilek Akdemir for, well, everything. She also thanks Tansel Demirel for being a translator’s best friend; Irene Gates for valuable feedback; dil Aydoan for blatant honesty, bold encouragement, and Foça; participants of the Cunda International Workshop for Translators of Turkish Literature for input and motivation; Tülin Er for constant reassurance; and her mother for reading to her while she was still in the womb.
Both Mustafa and Amy would also like to thank the tough-lovin’ (but not necessarily tough to love) folks at Akashic; Ayegül zer for the killer map; Deniz Ourlu for the stark and striking cover photo (and Murat Ourlu and Deniz Akkol for helping us find it); and Mel Kenne for making connections.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Page
Introduction
PART I: LUST & VENGEANCE
SMAL GÜZELSOY
The Tongue of the Flames
Büyükada
FERYAL TLMAÇ
Hitching in the Lodos
Bebek
MEHMET BLÂL
The Stepson
Sirkeci
BARI MÜSTECAPLIOLU
An Extra Body
Altunizade
PART II: PUSHING LIMITS, CROSSING LINES