ISTANBUL


Aerial view of the Galata Bridge
Photograph by Ergun Çagatay

ISTANBUL:


PORTRAIT OF A CITY




Standing on two continents in one of the most beautiful locations in the world, Istanbul is more than just a city; it is a distillation of civilizations and histories, a compendium of our cultural heritage as citizens of the world. It is the meeting place of East and West, and events in its history have presaged major turning points in world affairs.

A humanities exhibit
Conceived and developed by
Dr. Ian Manners and Dr. Abraham Marcus
Organized by Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the University of Texas at Austin and Department of International Relations, Marmara University, Istanbul
Produced by Texas Humanities Resource Center, Austin
Assistance with Turkish materials, Ayhan Aktar
Exhibit design and fabrication, Jic Clubb


Electronic version made possible by a grant from the Brown Foundation, Houston

Special thanks are due to the following institutions and individuals for their kind assistance:
Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas at Austin
College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Austin
U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC
Ersin Alok, Istanbul
Rusty Brown, University of California at Santa Barbara
Ergun Çagatay, Istanbul
Filiz Çagman and Banu Mahir, Topkapi Palace Museum
Ara Güler, Istanbul
Çelik Gülersoy, Director General, Touring and Automobile Club of Turkey
Wolf Koenigs and Frank Rumscheid, German Archaeological Society
Kemalí Saybasílí, Marmara University
Stanford Shaw, University of California in Los Angeles


Major financial support provided by: College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Austin o Bernard and Audre Rapoport Foundation o U.S. Department of Education o Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas at Austin
matching support provided by Texas Council for the Humanities, state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities