Suggested readings:
Non-Fiction
Ataturk: The Biography of the founder of Modern Turkey - Andrew Mango

The Turks Today - Andrew Mango

Turkish Reflections: A Biography of a Place - Mary Lee Settle

Istanbul: Memories and the City - Orhan Pamuk
Tales from the Expat Harem: Foreign Women in Modern Turkey - Anastasia Ashaman & Jennifer Eaton

Fiction
Portrait of A Turkish Family – Irfan Orga Birds Without Wings — Louis de Bernières


Memed, My Hawk — Yashar Kemal

The Bastard of Istanbul — Elif Shafak

My Name is Red — Orhan Pamuk