The Constantinople Hotel

Author: Zulfou Livaneli Publication date: 2020 Book category: Novel Publisher: Al-Ahliyya Publishing Number of pages: 400 Format: Hardcover Summary: A literary work that addresses the history of Istanbul through characters participating in the opening ceremony of the Constantinople Hotel built on the ruins of an old Byzantine palace. The novel traces the most prominent social class transformations in the late Ottoman era and the beginning of the republic, and highlights the Turkish identity crisis and its changes between the eras of Atatürk and Erdoğan. It also discusses historical issues such as the conflict between Sunnis and Alawites in Mersin in 1978, in addition to many incidents witnessed by Constantinople from the Byzantine era until today.