Five of the best books about Turkey

‘The evening unfurled like a ribbon,’ wrote Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar of Istanbul’s sunsets, ‘whose colours ran from wine dark to golden.’ Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Turkey is a nation that likes to tell stories – over long conversations in tea houses, in songs and epics, and yes, in print too. As Turkey passes its centenary, here are five of the best books to understand the country’s first 100 years.

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