Download or read book Orienting Istanbul written by Deniz Göktürk and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-07-02 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking at the globalization, urban regeneration, arts events and cultural spectacles, this book considers a city not until now included in the global city debate. Divided into five parts, each preceded by an editorial introduction, this book is an interdisciplinary study of an iconic city, a city facing conflicting social, political and cultural pressures in its search for a place in Europe and on the world stage in the twenty-first century.