‎Guides‎

‎SAFFET EMRE TONGUÇ, (1966-).‎

‎Istanbul: A bird's eye view. Photos by Halit Bilen.‎

‎New English Original bdg. HC. Small 4to. (26 x 18 cm). Edition in English. 342 p., color ills. Istanbul: A bird's eye view. Photos by Halit Bilen. I wanted to tell a tale of Istanbul. And Istanbul gave me the most magnificent of tales. I wanted to draw its picture - and unexpectedly, it unfolded all its colors generously, with ecstasy. It wasn't easy to describe a city so exultant, always surprising, a city that you can't get enough of exploring and that is sassy with its uniqueness. To describe it, I needed to understand it and to understand, I had to chase after my feelings. I faced 8,500 years of history, as well as the 21st century metropolis. I wrote this book to be worthy of Istanbul's name. As you get lost in the pages, you will see a journey through Istanbul from a viewpoint you haven't seen before, the richness of Istanbul with buildings that have never previously appeared in the same frame. I tell you about an Istanbul. An Istanbul that is multicultural, multicoloured, blending the old and the new, keeping differences side by side in its bosom, reconciling resentments with its beauty, amazing with its history. I held onto the wings of a seagull and wandered around my beloved city. I left room for you too. Trail behind me and watch a journey of Istanbul from another perspective. You will be surprised about how much this tale has yet to unveil.‎

‎CAHIT KAYRA.‎

‎Istanbul: Mekanlar ve zamanlar.‎

‎New Turkish Paperback. 4to. (29 x 24 cm). In Turkish. 207 p., color and b/w ills., 10 folding maps (complete). Istanbul: Mekanlar ve zamanlar.‎

‎Prep. by OSMAN NURI ERGIN, (1883-1961).‎

‎[EARLY ISTANBUL CITY GUIDE OF THE REPUBLIC PERIOD] Istanbul sehri rehberi 1934.‎

‎Fine Turkish Original grey cloth bdg. Cr. 8vo. (20,5 x 11,5 cm). In Turkish. 240 p., texts and many folding color plans (additionally in end-pockets). First Edition. Maps are complete, scarce. Osman Nuri Ergin was the initiator of the studies regarding modern municipalities' studies and gave so many qualified books related to Ottoman-Turkish urbanism and municipalities' studies scientifically. He was also the first scholar who was one of the architectures of municipalities' studies and the history of urbanism and education. Since he worked as an officer for the government during World War I, the time of Abdulhamid II, and at the time of the young Republic, he was one of the figures who know the cultural and social changes in Turkish society. During this cultural transformation, he played the role of a bridge between Ottoman culture and modern-day Turkey with the help of some enlightened scholars. He had so many attempts to transform the Ottoman Sufi culture into the next generations. To reach this goal, he wrote so many valuable books. OCLC 216699691.‎

‎NESET ÇAGATAY, (Turkish professor, academician, expert on the histoy of Islam), (1917-2000).‎

‎[MAP OF ARABIAN PENINSULA] Arabistan haritasi.‎

‎Very Good Turkish Original color (green-toned) folded map. 26x26 cm. In Turkish (Modern with Latin alphabet). 1 p. It shows the Sahara area's borders, ancient roads of trade, valleys, desserts, and tribes with their political distribution in the peninsula. Scale: 1:12500000. Neset Çagatay, (1917-2000), was a Turkish academician. He graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Language, History, and Geography in 1940. He became an assistant to Professor M. Fuad Köprülü, (1890-1966). He worked as lecturer professors of Islamic History, History of Islamic Sects, History of Islamic Arts, Classical Religious Turkish Texts, Turkish and Islamic Literature, and Islamic Law.‎

‎KAISERLICH-KÖNIGLISCHES MILITAR-GEOGRAPHISCHES INSTITUT].‎

‎[MAP] Mission antipaludique de l'Armee d'Orient: Carte des indices endemiques Macedoine, Thessalie, Serbie meridionale, confins albanais 1917 et 1918.‎

‎Very Good French Original b/w map. Oblong: 57x66 cm. In French. Folded. It includes for pieces: Title, structure physique de la region, Thessalie and main part which shows the area from Ohrida Lake on the west to Golf of Thessaloniki on the east. [MAP] Mission antipaludique de l'Armee d'Orient: Carte des indices endemiques Macedoine, Thessalie, Serbie meridionale, confins albanais 1917 et 1918.‎

‎TEVHID-I EFKÂR.‎

‎[SATIRIC PROPAGANDA - ANATOLIAN / BAGHDAD RAILWAYS: MONSIEUR HÖCKNEN STOPS THE TRAIN WITH HIS ARMS] Tevhid-i efkâr: 9 Kanûn-i Sânî 1924.‎

‎Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original newspaper issue. 64x45 cm. In Ottoman script. 4 p., richly illustrated. Half of the first page of the newspaper is devoted to the disagreement Monsieur Edward Höcknen, who was ex-director of the Turkish Anatolian - Baghdad Railways. The caricature shows that Monsieur Höcknen stops the train with his giant arms. According to the news on the newspaper, this international question is solved by Zekâi Bey who was Aydin muavini. Tevhîd-i Efkâr was a daily political newspaper published between 15 June 1921 and 6 March 1925. Its editor-in-chief was Velid Ebüzziya, (1884-1945). It was published in Istanbul during the Turkish War of Independence, (1919-1922), and supported the War of Independence. But after the proclamation of the Republic, he started an intense criticism campaign. Thereupon, 'Yeni gün' [i.e. New Day in Anatolia], Hakimiyet-i Milliye newspapers started opposition to the Istanbul press and Tevhid-i Efkar. With the approval of the three-point Takrir-i Sükûn Law on 4 March 1925, newspapers such as Tevhid-i Efkâr, Istiklal, Son Telgraf, and Tanin, which were published in Istanbul, and the magazine Sebilürresad were closed. Extremely rare.‎

‎MIRLIVA ALI SEREF PASHA, (Author and mapmaker of 'Umûmî Cografya Atlasi' published in 1894 - Active between 1885-1905).‎

‎[OTTOMAN MAP of AUSTRIA-HUNGARY] Avusturya-Macaristan: Sâye-i Türkiye Hazret Gazi Sultan Abdülhamid Hân-i Sâni'de Maarif Umûmiye Nezâret-i Celîlesi ruhsatiyle Haset tarafindan Fransa Cemiyet-i Cografya âzâlarindan mütesekkil komisyona mahsûs tanzîm edilmis oldugu son atlasinin tercümesi olarak bu def'a Erkân-i Umûmiyye Dairesi Besinci Fen Subesi'ne me'mûr piyade mirlivâlarindan saâdetlü Ali Seref Pasa maarifetleriyle tersîm ettirilmistir.‎

‎Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original color chromo-lithograph map. Folded. Oblong folio. (40 x 50 cm). In Ottoman script. Color lithograph. An attractive map which shows Austria-Hungary land with Venice Bay and North Italy. Scale: 1:3.500.000. Dated Hegira: 1310 = [Gregorian 1894]. This uncommon map of Austria-Hungary in Ottoman script was published in an atlas, 'Yeni cografya atlasi', which was issued in Istanbul in the late 19th century. Ali Seref Pasa or Hafiz Ali Esref. He was a soldier, who was schooled in Paris as a cartographer around 1862. Already in Paris, he published his first atlas with 22 maps, called 'Yeni atlas'. Upon his return to Istanbul, he became a chief cartographer at the Matbaa-i Amire Printing Press in Beyazit, which was the successor of the Muteferrika press from 1727. Among others, he translated the large Kiepert map of Anatolia to Ottoman. He died in 1907, leaving his large project of a gigantic map of Anatolia in 100 sheets unfinished. Ali's name is often misunderstood or even listed as two different people: Ali Seref Pasa and Hafiz Ali Esref. Until the surname law adopted on June 21, 1934, Turks did not have surnames. They were born with one first name and were until adulthood described only as sons or daughters of their parent's names. Later they were given titles such as Effendi (Sir), Bey (Chief), or Hanim (Madam) for higher classes, or they were given names according to their work or class. The names were not inherited by children until 1934 when the surname law was enforced. The mapmaker Ali received names Seref, the honorable, and Pasa, the dignitary. He was also known as Hafiz, the memorizer of the Qur'an and Esref, Proud. So Ali Seref Pasa would have a meaning 'Honourable Dignitary Ali, and Hafiz Ali Esref, Memorizer of Qur'an, Proud Ali. Daruttibaa - Matbaa-I Amire Printing Press: The first press in the Muslim world, called Daruttibaa, was founded in Istanbul by Ibrahim Muteferrika in 1727, with permission of Sultan Ahmet III. It was located in Muteferrika's house. The first book was published in 1729 and until 1742 sixteen other works followed. After Muteferrika's death, the press was suppressed for printing, as printed books were considered dangerous. In 1796 the press was purchased by the government and moved to Uskudar in Istanbul, and in 1831 finally to Beyazit, where it was renamed to Matbaa-i Amire in 1866. The press was closed in 1901 and was reopened in 1908 under the name 'Âmire' In 1927 the name changed to State Printing House. The press still exists and is known for publishing school and educational books. Extremely rare. Not in OCLC.; Not in TBMM Map Collection.‎

‎[MILITARY PRINTINGHOUSE].‎

‎[MAP of HELLESPONT & GALLIPOLI] [Map of Hellespont, Gallipoli Peninsula, Suvla Bay, Seddülbahir and Tenedos].‎

‎Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original color map. 65,5x63 cm. In Ottoman script. This rare and decorative Gallipoli map including Hellespont, Gallipoli Peninsula, Suvla Bay, Seddülbahir, and Tenedos, the places of Gallipoli Aar in 1915 (Dardanelles Campaign) during World War 1, separated two map views. Seddulbahir and Suvla Bay at north and Straight, Peninsula, and its shores with Tenedos (now Bozcaada) at the southwest of the map. It's a very detailed and rare map printed with the series of "History of the Dardanelles Campaign" after the seven years of war. The Gallipoli campaign, also known as the Dardanelles campaign, the Battle of Gallipoli or the Battle of Çanakkale (Turkish: Çanakkale Savasi, or, Muharebâti), was a military campaign in the First World War that took place on the Gallipoli peninsula (Gelibolu in modern Turkey), from 17 February 1915 to 9 January 1916. The Entente powers, Britain (with Anzacs), France, and Russia, sought to weaken the Ottoman Empire, one of the Central Powers, by taking control of the Turkish straits.‎

‎[MAJOR] HALIT ZIYA [TÜRKKAN] (?), (Turkish cartographer, scientist, specialist of cadaster), (1886-1966).‎

‎[MANUSCRIPT HAND-COLOURED MAP OF SYRIA - PALESTINE - TRANSJORDAN] Suriye - Filistin - Transjordan.‎

‎Very Good Turkish Original manuscript color map of Middle East including Syria, Palestine and Transjordan. Signed by cartographer. 28x20 cm. In Turkish (with Latin letters). The Mapping Department, which moved to Ankara from Istanbul after the Independence War, settled in the Attar Basi Khan in Koyunpazari and the press section also started its studies in the building which is the Art School in Ulus today. In 1924, the department, which is still inside the General Directorate Garrison, moved to the hut-shaped buildings with single floor between the Military Sewinghouse and the General Directorate. On the other hand, the production of maps and plans, which were to be used in development services carried out in parallel to the revolutions starting with the declaration of the Republic and following each other, was considered to be based on a legal arrangement. Because of the necessity of an urgent legal arrangement, the bill of law concerning to the General Directorate of Mapping, whose preparations were initiated by Lieut. Gen. M. Sevki (Ölçer) who knew the importance of the subject, was sent to the Ministry of Defense at the beginning of 1925. After the approval of Ministry of Defense, the bill, which was sent to the Prime Ministry, was discussed in the Council of Ministers and presented to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. As a result; the Mapping Department was re-organized as the General Directorate of Mapping affiliated with the Ministry of Defense with the law bearing the number 657 on May 2, 1925 in order to do all mapping works and meet the needs of maps and plans of all ministries, institutions and organizations. [.] The first application of photogrammetry was made in Kayas, Ankara with the Wild Autograph plotting apparatus which was purchased in that year. Captain Ömer Kadri and Captain Niyazi came back from their photogrammetry education in Germany. Major Halit and Major Nüzhet were sent to France for photogrammetry education and Captain Ishak and Captain Bahri were sent to Germany. Captain Ahmet (Denkmen) and Captain Ömer Kadri attended the Congress of Photogrammetry assembled in Berlin. (Source: The Illustrated History Of Turkish Cartography). Halid Ziya was born in Izmir, Tire. He went to Istanbul and continued to Hendese-i Mülkiye and Engineer Mekteb-i Âlîsi for seven years. After starting with "Aydin Province Umur-i Nafia Third Class Engineering", Halid Ziya Bey, who continued to work as a deputy chief engineer on 14 March 1910, left Aydin and returned to Istanbul after continuing this duty for about six and a half months. As a teacher, he taught Accounting, Algebra, Geometry, and Topography at Halkali Ziraat Mekteb-i Âlîsi and Darussafaka. Halid Ziya Bey, who was appointed as a teacher of Hendese and Cosmography in Kabatas High School, started to practice the profession of engineering and cadastral, which was his main specialty in 1327. After the First World War, the Istanbul Government started its activities in order to capture and neutralize Halid Ziya Bey and his friends. Upon the harsh measures taken, Halid Ziya Bey had to live as a fugitive in the Hasirci Mountains of Eskisehir for a while with the armed force attached to him. Halid Ziya Bey, who was involved in the movement in Anatolia until the end of the National Liberation Struggle, returned to his engineering duty after the proclamation of the Republic and was included in the cadastral works again. In 1925, Halid Ziya Bey was appointed as the Head of the Science Committee of the new cadastre organization. He wrote 5 books on cadastre, photogrammetry, trigonometry, and cadastral tools in 1928 and 1929. In addition, as a result of personal work in 1928, the road between the provincial division of the Republic of Turkey with cities has prepared a comprehensive map to show up in the forest and mining. (Source: Kadastro ne idi, nedir, ne olacaktir, Kadioglu - Yildirir. From Preface.). No scale.‎

‎Prep. by ZEKERIYA KURSUN.‎

‎A handbook of the Ottoman Palestine place names and atlas, 1516-1917.= Osmanli Filistini yer isimleri kilavuzu ve atlasi, 1516-1917. Edited by Esra Karadag.‎

‎New English Original bdg. HC. Folio. (32 x 24 cm). In English, Turkish, and Arabic. 240 p., richly ills., and folded Palestine maps on the end-pocket. A handbook of the Ottoman Palestine place names and atlas, 1516-1917.= Osmanli Filistini yer isimleri kilavuzu ve atlasi, 1516-1917. Edited by Esra Karadag.‎

‎HARITA UMUM MÜDÜRLÜGÜ].‎

‎[MAP of IRAQ - SHEET of SAMAWAH] Semave (First of 4 feuilles).‎

‎Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original chromolithograph folded map. Oblong atlas folio. (49 x 65 cm). In Ottoman script. Repaired with a band in the contemporary period from its backside. Set including 4 sheets. Other sheets are Basrah, Bagdad, and Qut al-Amare. This is the first sheet including 'Samawah'. Rare. Scale is 1/500.000. Samawah city was settled by the Arab tribe of Banu Quda'a around the 3rd century AD. It is built on both sides of the Euphrates river; there are four bridges in the center of town for crossing between the two sides. The west bank of the city contains the commercial heart of the city and includes the old town and the Jewish quarter, Agd al Yahood. The west bank is the site of the covered market Suq Al Masgoof, which dates to the Ottoman period. The area surrounding the market is the old city with its Byzantine maze of crowded markets and streets. The eastern side of the city including 'Qushla' has a more modern feel and contains a number of estates of apartment blocks built during the 1970s and 1980s, As Samawah Stadium, which is home to the local Muthanna football team Samawa FC, as well as technical colleges and the polytechnic. There too is Al Qushla, the historic "Ottoman Barracks". The most famous attraction of Samawah in the ruins of the ancient Sumerian city of Uruk which dates to 4000 BC. This was the largest city in Sumer, extending over 2 km2. Uruk was not only the largest conurbation of the first urban civilization on earth, but it is also the place where the first written script was discovered, the oldest dating back to 3300 BC. The palm groves of Samawah: Samawah is built on both sides of the Euphrates and is surrounded by hundreds of palm groves that give it a tropical feel, especially in the southern and northern suburbs. These groves provide cool respite from the scorching heat of Mesopotamia and were the inspiration for the famous Iraqi folk song "The Palm of Samawah".‎

‎ERNEST MAMBOURY, (1878-1953).‎

‎Ankara; guide touristique: Haidar-Pacha, Ankara, Bogaz-Keuy, Euyuk, Sivri-Hissar et environs, Tchangri, Yozgat, etc.‎

‎Very Good French Original decorative and pictorial cloth bdg. Demy 8vo. (21,5 x 11 cm). In French. 314 p., 200 unnumbered ills., plates and folded maps with panoramic views. The best and early guide of Ankara city, the capital of Turkish Republic. Second French Edition. Ernest Mamboury was a professor of Mekteb-i Sultânî (Lycee Galatasaray) in the Ottoman and Republican periods, Turkey. He worked on in particular Byzantine art and architecture in Istanbul, Ankara, and Turkey's historical buildings in various cities.‎

‎ANONYM].‎

‎[INFLUENCES BY SIR FRANCIS BAILY IN AN OTTOMAN MAP OF THE SKY] Harita-yi semâ: Kevâkib, Tasnîf-i Kürre-i Cenûbî, Tasnîf-i Kürre-i Simâlî, Mintika-yi hareye mahsûs burûc. [i.e. Map of the sky: Stars, planets, South Pole, North Pole, and Zodiacs].‎

‎Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) A very attractive chromo-lithograph map on paper. Oblong: 26,5x37,5 cm. In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). Light foxing and fading on margins and printed area. A very detailed and fine double hemisphere map of the northern and southern skies, showing the various constellations, together with a third map showing the zodiacs on one paper. On the bottom margin, it's written 'Printed in the 549 Numbered Press', and 'Dersaadet...'. This map seems to be influenced (or, a direct translation) from the map of the sky of Sir Francis Baily, (1774-1844), who was one of the leading English Astronomers of the first part of the 19th Century. He is most famous for his observations of "Baily's beads" during a total eclipse of the Sun. Baily was also a major figure in the early history of the Royal Astronomical Society, as one of the founders and as the president four times. After a tour in the unsettled parts of North America in 1796-1797, his journal of which was edited by Augustus de Morgan in 1856, he entered the London Stock Exchange in 1799. The successive publication of Tables for the Purchasing and Renewing of Leases (1802), of The Doctrine of Interest and Annuities (1808), and The Doctrine of Life-Annuities and Assurances (1810), earned him a high reputation as a writer on life-contingencies; he amassed a fortune through diligence and integrity and retired from business in 1825, to devote himself wholly to astronomy. He had already, in 1820, taking a leading part in the foundation of the Royal Astronomical Society. In 1827, the Society awarded him its Gold Medal for preparation of the Astronomical Society's Catalogue of 2881 stars. He was instrumental in the reform of the Nautical Almanac in 1829. In 1837, he recommended to the British Association and later worked extensively on the reduction of Joseph de Lalande's and Nicolas de Lacaille's catalogues containing about 57,000 stars. He also supervised the compilation of the British Association's Catalogue of 8377 stars (published 1845) and revised the catalogues of Tobias Mayer, Ptolemy, Ulugh Beg, Tycho Brahe, Edmund Halley and Hevelius. His notice of Baily's Beads, during an annular eclipse of the sun on May 15 1836, at Inch Bonney in Roxburghshire, started the modern series of eclipse-expeditions. Very rare.‎

‎OTTOMAN MAP OF PALESTINE].‎

‎[MAP OF OTTOMAN PALESTINE AND JERUSALEM] [Filistin - Kudüs].‎

‎Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original lithograph map with brown, white and blue tons. 81x57 cm. In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). All toponyms are in Ottoman Turkish and Arabic. Scale: 1:500,000. Shows Mediterranean shores on the north, Bahr-i Lût [i.e. the Dead Sea], Aqaba Bay, areas of Arabic tribes in very detail, in addition, special huge lands like 'Al-Hism Land'. Also, it shows holy places, antiquities, fortresses, rivers; and Turkish Sanjaks, Qazas, Nahiyes, Qariyes based on the Ottoman administrative system. Cartographer is not indicated, but, it's composed for military purposes in the last period of the Imperial Ottoman, especially for showing Arabian tribes spreading over vast areas in its period, just before World War 1 (date of the printing of this map), such as 'Houtat Tribe'. A very detailed and attractive map of Palestine and Quds area and their topography. Following the Muslim conquest of Palestine in 636-640, several Muslim ruling dynasties succeeded each other as they wrestled control of Palestine: the Rashiduns; the Umayyads, who built the Dome of the Rock and the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem; the Abbasids; the semi-independent Tulunids and the Ikhshidids; the Fatimids; and the Seljuks. In 1099, the Crusaders established the Kingdom of Jerusalem in Palestine, which the Ayyubid Sultanate conquered in 1187. The Crusaders failed to retake Palestine despite further attempts. The Egyptian Mamluks took Palestine from the Mongols (who had conquered the Ayyubid Sultanate) in 1260. The Ottomans captured Palestine in 1516 and ruled it until Egypt took it in 1832. Eight years later, the United Kingdom intervened and returned the region to the Ottomans. Considerable demographic changes happened during the 19th century and with the regional migrations of Druze, Circassians, and Bedouin tribes. The emergence of Zionism also brought many Jewish immigrants from Europe and the revival of the Hebrew language. Arabs in Palestine, both Christian and Muslim, settled and Bedouin, were historically split between the Qays and Yaman factions. These divisions had their origins in pre-Islamic tribal feuds between Northern Arabians (Qaysis) and Southern Arabians (Yamanis). The strife between the two tribal confederacies spread throughout the Arab world with their conquests, subsuming even uninvolved families so that the population of Palestine identified with one or the other. Their conflicts continued after the 8th-century Civil war in Palestine until the early 20th century and gave rise to differences in customs, tradition, and dialect which remain to this day. Beit Sahour was first settled in the 14th century by a handful of Christian and Muslim clans (hamula) from Wadi Musa in Jordan, the Christian Jaraisa and the Muslim Shaybat and Jubran, who came to work as shepherds for Bethlehem's Christian landowners, and they were subsequently joined by other Greek Orthodox immigrants from Egypt in the 17th-18th centuries. Due to the legacy of the Ottoman period, the ethnic origins of some rural and urban Palestinians are either Albanian, Circassian, or from other non-Arab populations.‎

‎MURAT YANKI.‎

‎Cappadocian wines. A guide to wines of faires.‎

‎New English Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In English. 224 p., color ills. Cappadocian wines. A guide to wines of faires. From the time I settled in Cappadocia that is known as a land of marvels with all the amazing rock formations, the question I asked to myself was; why my Turkish ancestors have left nothing written to our time despite the fact that they have been living on these lands for almost one thousand years. This idea pushed me to do the opposite, so to write a book, but not a novel, a multi purpose book with a deep historical emphasis as well. My sole aim by doing this, has been to leave a written document to future, by taking notes about the past and present. Being aware of the fact that wine is one of the oldest companions of mankind, I have decided to write a wine guide about Cappadocia. The existence of wine culture in a region is also a proof of how old its history goes back. In this meaning wine goes hand in hand civilisation. This is vey true for broader Cappadocia that covers Hatti and Hittite lands where the oldest findings obtained in archaeological digs are 5000 year old wine related items. And this makes Cappadocia the oldest vinicultural region of Turkey and one of the oldest in the World.‎

‎CHOLLA-PUKDO.‎

‎Tour guide to Chon-Puk. Preface by Governor of Chon-Puk Province Lhee Hwan Ui.‎

‎Fine English Paperback. Demy 8vo. (22 x 15 cm). In English and Korean. [46] p., color ills., and color sightseeing map of the region. Tour guide to Chon-Puk. Preface by Governor of Chon-Puk Province Lhee Hwan Ui. "Chon-Puk Province, endowed with the vast Ho-Nam plain and mountainous area of the So-Baek mountain ranges enjoys the best scenic beauty and is rich in various grain products. As a province also played a leading role for the cultural development during the period of Packche Kingdom, we can find many historic remains and traditional arts, customs and special products here in Chon-Puk province area of Korea.". (From the preface by Ui). This guide includes a detailed information about architectural buildings, cultural heritage, festivals, etc. of this area with a color sightseeing map.‎

‎MEHMED ESREF (Binbasi [i.e. Major]), (1846-1912).‎

‎[PLATE / DEMOGRAPHY / ORIGINS OF THE PEOPLES IN EUROPE & USA] Hükûmât-i muhtelîfede mevcûd akvâmin kavmiyetini gösterir levha. [i.e. showing the origins of existing communities in various countries [in Europe & USA]].‎

‎Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original color litographed plate. 18x41 cm. In Ottoman script (Turkish with Arabic letters). Two-paged plate. A rare color lithographed plate from Mehmed Esref's 'Muhtasar Umûmî Atlas'. A very detailed plate showing Europe's and the US' demographic structure in 1922 with very attractive detailed statistical schemes. Besides the usual demographic scheme, there are 28 European states on the plate: Germany, France, Spain, Russia (Soviets), England, Italy, Poland, Romania, Holland, Norway, Estonia, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Switzerland, Lithuania, Yugoslavia, Portugal, The United States of America, Hungary, Sweden, Denmark, Latvia, Belgium, Greece, Finland, Avrupa-yi Türkî [i.e. Turkey in Europe], Albania. Mehmed Esref (1846-1912) was a Turkish / Ottoman military cartographer and educator in the Ottoman military school [Mekteb-i Harbiye] active in the first part of the 20th century, and he prepared and published many separate maps and atlases more besides this one.‎

‎SÜLEYMAN FAIK PASHA, (1845-1909).‎

‎[OTTOMAN NAVIGATION / EARLY DESCRIPTION AND PILOT BOOK OF THE ARCHIPELAGO] Tarîfât-i sevâhil-i Kasot ve Kerpe ve Cezayir-i Yunaniye. Ingiltere Erkân-i Bahriyesi'nin tecârîb-i kesire ile icrâ eyledigi kesîyât ve tahkîkât-i miknaziyeyi cami olarak Ingilizceden tercüme edilmisdir. [i.e. Description of the shores of Kassos, Karpathos and Aegean Archipelago].‎

‎Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original wrappers. Large roy. 8vo. (25 x 17 cm). In Ottoman script (Turkish with Arabic letters). [1], 39 p. First and Only Edition of the description of an early pilot guide to the Aegean Archipelago with the Mediterranean shores of Africa, Cyprus et alli, not including Morea (Peloponnese peninsula) which was published separately as 'Tarîfât-i Sevâhil-i Mora' [i.e. Description of the shores of Morea]. Admiral / General Süleyman Faik Pasha, who graduated from the Ottoman Naval Academy, was promoted to captain in 1864 after his travel to the Cape of Good Hope, and with the information, he obtained during this trip, he published and translated three guides, especially on the seas and coasts under Turkish / Ottoman rule. This early and rare book was one of his translations from its original pilot guide in English, printed in the Bahriye Matbaasi [i.e. The Press of the Turkish Naval Forces] located in Kasimpasa district which is a quarter within the Pera area of Constantinople, a low-lying area north of the Golden Horn. is one of the oldest residential areas in Istanbul with a strong naval tradition. The ships of Sultan Mehmed II sailed into the Golden Horn from this quarter. After the fall of Constantinople, Kasimpasa flourished. By the 16th century, it contained the Imperial Arsenal and docks of the Ottoman Navy, home to 120 ships. The Turkish Naval High School was founded in 1773 within a printing house shortly after foundation, to teach geometry and navigation to naval and civilian merchant captains on board a galleon anchored at Kasimpasa. The Turkish Naval Academy was housed in Kasimpasa from 1838 to 1850. Extremely rare. Only one copy in OCLC 1030771711 (Orient-Institut of Istanbul).; Özege 19742. Not in ATYB (Askerî Tarih Yayinlari Bibliyografyasi).‎

‎IRAN NATIONAL TOURIST ORGANIZATION.‎

‎A guide to Shiraz. Photos by A. Behrouzan. Designed by R. Pellaton.‎

‎Very Good English Paperback. 12mo. (16,5 x 11,5 cm). In English. 96, [34] p., color and b/w ills. A guide to Shiraz. Photos by A. Behrouzan. Designed by R. Pellaton.‎

‎CAHIT KAYRA, (1917-2021).‎

‎Maps of Istanbul from the Middle Ages to the present day.= Istanbul haritalari: Ortaçagdan günümüze.‎

‎Fine English Paperback. Folio. (32 x 22 cm). In English and Turkish. 187, [2] p., color and b/w ills. Maps of Istanbul from the Middle Ages to the present day.= Istanbul haritalari: Ortaçagdan günümüze.‎

‎N. A.].‎

‎[MAP OF EAST & SOUTHEAST ANATOLIA AND CAUCASIA BORDERS] Erzurum, Van, Bitlis vilâyetleri ile bunlara civar olan Trabzon, Sivas, Harput ve Diyarbekir vilâyetlerinin bâzi kisâmi.‎

‎Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Extremely rare huge chromo-lithograph map in 24 sheets mounted on canvas, showing a large zone including Midyat (Mardin), Mosul, Mt. Cilo (Resko-Buzul) on the southeast; Kahta (Adiyaman), Munzur Mt., Divrigi (Sivas) on the west; the Black Sea on north and Turkish borders to Armenia, Azerbaijan on the east, and to Russia on the northeast. In addition shows in separate little portions, roads, mountains and hills, lakes, and telegraph and post ways and borders in that zone. Not in any libraries and any collection. An attractive map with its huge size and decorative surface. Several toponyms are underlined in red ink. Otherwise a very good example. Original folded map mounted on canvas. 118x112 cm. In Ottoman script (Turkish with Arabic letters). Scale: 1/630.000.‎

‎ORIENTAL PHILATELIC HOUSE.‎

‎[MAP] Map of Cairo, Egypt. Most interesting places in Cairo [and] Egyptian stamps guide.‎

‎Very Good English This rare blue-toned lithographed city map showing Nile shores on the south, Tombs of the Khalifs on the north, Railway Central Station on the west. It's folded in its publisher's wrappers. "Most interesting places in Cairo" list on the right side of the paper, up to the Oriental Philatelic House address and advertisement. On verso of the map, Oriental Philatelic House's illustrated collectible postage stamps list including completely Middle Eastern stamps like Egypt, Congress, and Commemorative Stams, Egyptian Sudanese stamps, Arabia-Hedjaz (Cradle and Home of Mohammedanism), Nejd (Wahhabi Regime), Palestine, Iraq, Packets, Transjordan, Great Libanon, and Syria. Original city map of Cairo in original publisher's wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 11 cm). In English. Oblong folio. (As open: 37 x 52 cm).‎

‎E. NARDIN, (French cartographer), (18.-19. century).‎

‎[MAP / THE IMPERIAL OTTOMAN IN 1909 / BALKANS / NORTH AFRICA] Peninsule des Balkans - Empire Ottoman. [Carte géographique].‎

‎Very Good French This attractive color lithographed map shows the Imperial Ottoman territories in the Balkan Peninsula, Anatolia, also North African shores and Maghreb countries, Egypt and Vilayet de Tripoli (Libya) and Liva de Benghasi. It has small views with a small scale of Tripoli, Europe, Egypt, and Nubia with the Arabian Peninsula. This map reflects the territories and situation of the last period of the Ottoman Empire soon after the Second Constitutional Era in 1908. Inside the red lines in this map shows the Ottoman territories in 1909 with its maximum extent, just before the Balkan Wars, (1912-1913). In Europe, Western Thrace territories up to Montenegro including Adrianople are within the borders of the Empire. E. Nardin was a French cartographer who prepared more than sixty maps in the early 19th century, especially mapping Middle Eastern, North African, Sub-Saharan African areas. Original color lithograph folded map in its original wrappers. Oblong double elephant folio. (77x95 cm). Wrappers dimensions: (21,5x14 cm). In French. Echelle 1/4.165.000 (Scale). Only two copies in OCLC. Extremely rare. No date.‎

‎LE SERVICE GEOGRAPHIQUE DES F. F. L. L. (Pressed, published and drawn by).‎

‎[MAP of SYRIA AND LEBANON] Syrie & Liban: Carte Touristique.‎

‎Very Good French Scarce color lithographed tourist map of Syria and Lebanon, showing international boundaries, transportation, archaeological, historical, and military ruins, water features, distances between places and populated places. Relief is shown by hachures, bathymetric tints, and spot heights. Includes 28 attractive drawings in red of tourist sites in Syria and Lebanon: Damas, Palmyre, Afqa, Hama, Homs, Meyrouba, Saida, Beit ed-Dins, Djebail, Led Cedres, Krak des Chevaliers, Massiaf, Antioche, Deir Smane, El Goilla, Aleppo, etc. "Relief is shown by contours and spot heights. Includes 28 drawings of tourist sites in Syria and Lebanon, listing the city. "7 -49". On lower right margin.'". Free French Forces was the government-in-exile led by Charles de Gaulle during the Second World War, and its military forces, that continued to fight against the Axis powers as an Allied nation, following the Fall of France. Set up in London in June 1940, it organized and supported the Resistance in Occupied France, and established a foothold within several French colonies in Africa. Original color lithograph map of Syria and Lebanon. 57x72 cm., on sheet 63x84 cm. In French. Scale: 1:1.000.000. Edition of May 1942.‎

‎CEVAT ÜLKEKUL.‎

‎An 8200 year old map: The town plan of Çatalhöyük.= 8200 yillik bir harita: Çatalhöyük sehir plani.‎

‎New English Paperback. Pbo. 4to. (31 x 22 cm). In English and Turkish. 80 p., color and b/w ills. An 8200 year old map: The town plan of Çatalhöyük.= 8200 yillik bir harita: Çatalhöyük sehir plani. I was fascinated when I first saw the Catalhoyuk map, a heritage of 'Anatolian Civilizations' which has survived 8,200 years of history, while at the same time I was greatly disappointed that such a unique map was neither known sufficiently enough nor introduced to the cartographic scholars. It was for this reason that about two years ago, I decided to conduct research into the matter. However, as I was already involved in two research projects entitled 'The History of Turkish Mapping in the Republican Era' and 'Historical Relief Maps, ' respectively, it was not possible to find time for the Catalhoyuk map. Once I had completed these studies, I started to carry out my study on 'Piri Reis Kitab-i Bahriye' (Piri Reis and His Book of the Sea) , which has been continiuing for a few years, Thus, my study of the Catalhoyuk map had been delayed once again. When I saw the map once again, in early 1999, I decided that I could not wait any longer. Even though my continuing research would be delayed, I could not avoid giving priority to the study of the Catalhoyuk map. ARCHEOLOGY Anatolian civilizations Hittites Çatalhöyük Excavations Map Geography Guide Reference.‎