Lonely Planet İstanbul Guide

WRITER THANKS Virginia Maxwell

Many thanks to Pat Yale, Mehmet Umur, Emel Güntaş, Faruk Boyacı, Atilla Tuna, Görgün Taner, Tahir Karabaş, Jen Hartin, Eveline Zoutendijk, George Grundy, Ann Nevans, Tina Nevans, Jennifer Gaudet, Özlem Tuna, Monica Fritz, Leon Yildirimer, Luca Fritz, Teoman Göral, Meltem İnce Okvuran, Nurullah Çınar, Deniz Ova, Zeynep Unanç, Antony Doucet, Sabiha Apaydın, Saliha Yavuz and the many others who shared their knowledge and love of the city with me. James Bainbridge Çok teşekkürler to my İstanbullu friends old and new who helped me discover the best of the city, including Tahir, Jen and Charlie for showing me around Fener and Balat; Leyla Tabrizi for Nişantaşı advice; Gamze Artaman for Byzantine history; and Barış, Maşallah, Sergei and all the gang at my hotel (guys, that postcard from Cape Town is coming, promise). Cheers also to Cliff Wilkinson, Virginia Maxwell, everyone at Lonely Planet, and on the home front Leigh-Robin, Oliver and Thomas.