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A wonderful book with lots of characters I cared for. Will discuss at Book Club tonight.
Last Train to Istanbul by Ayşe Kulin takes place prior to and during the first two years of WWII. It is a very informative historical fiction relating the empathy of Turkey to the Jews in this very dark period of history and before. In this story, we learn that Turkey took in Spanish Jews during the Inquisition after Ferdinand had thrown them out. This book centers on how Turkey aided Turkish and non-Turkish ...more
Last Train to Istanbul by Ayşe Kulin takes place prior to and during the first two years of WWII. It is a very informative historical fiction relating the empathy of Turkey to the Jews in this very dark period of history and before. In this story, we learn that Turkey took in Spanish Jews during the Inquisition after Ferdinand had thrown them out. This book centers on how Turkey aided Turkish and non-Turkish ...more
A fictional account of events during WWII, taking place in Istanbul and, Marseilles and Paris. The story revolves around two sisters, one the wife of a Turkish diplomat in Istanbul, the other sister married to a Jew, without paternal permission, who immigrated to France to escape the rath of family.
The story is loosely based on fact. During WWII diplomats of Turkey worked tirelessly to ensure their neutral citizens were not effected by the German annihilation of the Jews. In the end they rescued ...more
The story is loosely based on fact. During WWII diplomats of Turkey worked tirelessly to ensure their neutral citizens were not effected by the German annihilation of the Jews. In the end they rescued ...more
WWII and Turkish diplomats work to rescue its Turkish citizens, especially Jews, stuck in German controlled areas, especially France where Turks have emigrated over the generations. Soon of course it expanded to rescuing any Jew. Their most dramatic and risky feat in this fictional account was rescuing nearly 200 by transporting in a train carriage from Paris to Edirne in Turkey, via Berlin. This is one of those different perspectives of WWII and thus is refreshing. Told mostly from perspective
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