Photographs and text provide information about the geography, history, government, language, culture, food, traditions, and other aspects of Turkey, and includes discussion of the country's relations with the U.S. and Canada.
After years of political exile in Western Europe, Ka returns to Istanbul to attend his mother's funeral, where he learns of a series of bizarre events that have changed his childhood hometown and threaten its future.
Presents an introduction to Turkey, in simple text with illustrations, including information on the history, government, geography, and culture of this Middle Eastern nation.
Twelve-year-old Mehmet's move from his Turkish village with flowers everywhere to a shanty-town existence in the city of Ankara brings him almost unbearable misery, but his desire to create a life for himself helps him to survive.
