Book published on Istanbul as film setting

ISTANBUL - Anadolu Agency

A newly published book, ‘100 Films of Istanbul,’ explores the old and contemporary Turkish films that have used the city as a setting

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The book focuses on Istanbul’s beauty and its reflection in films and books over the years, focusing on many popular locations. Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s ‘Three Monkeys’ was set in the nearby Eminönü. DAILY NEWS photo, Emrah GÜREL

A new book published as part of the Istanbul Municipality Culture Association’s “Istanbul’s Faces Series” explores the presentation of Istanbul on the silver screen. 

Researcher and writer Semra Kır has prepared the title, which gathers together the many movies and books that took place in Istanbul. “100 Films of Istanbul” reveals both the popular and the unknown movies on Istanbul, and has been published to mark the 99th year of Turkish cinema. 

The book focuses on Istanbul’s beauty and its reflection in films and books over the years, focusing on such popular locations as the Galata Bridge, the Princes’ Islands, the Bosphorus Strait, Rumeli Hisarı, the Grand Bazaar, Haydarpaşa Train Station, Eminönü, Balat, and Beyoğlu.