Constantinople

2016 — New English Paperback. Pbo. Large roy. 8vo. (22 x 20 cm). In English and Turkish. 210 p., color and b/w postcards and photographs. The four-legged municipality: Street dogs of Istanbul.= Dört ayakli belediye: Istanbul'un sokak köpekleri. The Four-Legged Municipality: Street Dogs of Istanbul exhibition focuses on street dogs that were regarded as the inhabitants of the city from the conquest through early nineteenth century, and on the transformation of their status in the Tanzimat Period as a result of the changing political and social conditions. In the exhibition catalogue, it is possible to find first the adventure of street dogs in the late Ottoman period, and then the story of their purging to Hayirsizada (Sivriada) in 1910. The catalogue also features articles by curator Ekrem I¿¿n and counsellor Catherine Pinguet presenting a general overview of the subject alongside a selection of photographs, engravings, books, and journals from the Photography Collection of Suna and ¿nan K¿raç Foundation, Pierre de Gigord Collection, Galeri Alfa Collection.