When the Ottoman Empire collapsed, so many spies mingled in the
lobby of Istanbul's Pera Palace Hotel that the manager put up a
sign asking them to relinquish seats to paying guests. As the
multi-ethnic empire became a Turkish republic, Russian emigres sold
family heirlooms, an African American impresario founded a jazz
club and Miss Turkey became the first Muslim beauty queen. Turkey's
president Kemal Ataturk, Muslim feminist Halide Edip, the exiled
Leon Trotsky and the future Pope John XXIII fought for new visions
of human freedom. During the Second World War, German intellectuals
ran from the Nazis while Jewish activists spirited refugees out of
occupied Europe. This pioneering portrait of urban reinvention
re-creates an era when an ancient city became a global crossroads-a
moment when Europe's closest Muslim metropolis became its vital
port of refuge.
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