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September 19, 2026

Dear readers,

If you request it via our email address info@uranus.com.tr, Uranus Kitap’s new digital book catalog—which features detailed information on all our titles—will be sent to your email.

İSTANBUL THE DISTANT CITY

Dear Readers,

*Istanbul: Distant City*—the third book in the photo-reportage series—will soon be hitting bookstore shelves. These Istanbul stories are currently being imprinted onto pristine paper by the printing presses; six photo-reportages, spanning over thirty years, are set to unfold before the reader like a film strip. We are watching the road and listening for the rhythmic clatter of the press... We await its arrival with great excitement. Once the scent of ink reaches us, we will announce this "birth"—which we have so eagerly awaited—to you, our dear readers.

Here is the "Foreword" that opens the book:

FOREWORD

             Istanbul / The Distant City is a selection of six photo interviews: Topkapı Flea Market, Nomadic Ramadan Drummers, Golden Horn Boaters, Erzurum Tea House, Junk Dealers, and Soup House Dwellers are part of this selection. Topkapı Flea Market is the first of the photo interviews describing Istanbul, its residents, and those who are not residents of Istanbul. The story of the residents of the flea market set up in Topkapı, next to Trakya Bus Terminal, is my first work, my first love, of which I did not like the five drafts of the text and decided to write the sixth. Days of March 1987, which I was eagerly awaiting its publication. And others that I prepared with great enthusiasm. The Ramadan Drummers, who set up their tents in the shadow of the Edirnekapı walls in the cold of March and the mud, are the other heroes of the photo interview. In the cold of winter, in the tent of a drummer, it was the 90-plus-year-old woman who caused me the most pain, who resembled a sycamore tree among her children and grandchildren. Next to her were her grandchildren, barefoot and struggling to scrape the bottom of the cooking pot, the symbol of poverty, hunger, and despair! What about Grandpa İsmail of the Golden Horn Boaters? Despite his advanced age, he was the "ass kicker against the young boaters" With his pleasant conversation, he transported his passengers from one side of the Golden Horn to the other. The famous Erzurum Tea House was the place of hookah sellers under the old Galata Bridge. The regulars of the tea house, Mr. Recep's customers, were hookah sellers. Does anyone know the oldies? Among the customers of the junk dealers, we frequently met on the streets, in the old inns of the city, and the breaks of the historic mosques were even "doctors, lecturers, etc...". The last photo interview was for the residents of the soup kitchen who lined up every day at noon in the soup kitchen in Eyüp Sultan Social Complex to get regular meals, while the other residents of the soup kitchen were the ones who came to sacrifice.

This selection was published in Cumhuriyet newspaper and some magazines from 1987 to the late 1990s. After more than 30 years, this book is the third part of the photo interview series with the photos I have just compiled from my photo archive: Istanbul Stories from the 1980s and 90s...

April 8, 2026

Dear readers, 

Finally, the printing of  TRACES OF CIVILIZATION FLOURISHING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN BREEZE: PAMPHYLIA is complete and has taken its place on bookstore shelves. We hope that our book will be a companion to our readers who will embark on a journey from Antalya to Alanya, under the Mediterranean breeze and in the shadow of the Taurus Mountains. As the publishing team, we waited for this happy moment with as much enthusiasm and impatience as our readers. We reflected our emotions on every page of our book; we hope that when you set out on your journey under the Mediterranean breeze, you will also feel our determination, enthusiasm, happiness, and sadness between the lines. The spirit of solidarity and the power of collective creation enabled us to overcome all difficulties. We are happy; we have shared our discoveries, what we have seen, and what we have felt with you, our dear readers; until we meet again in many more traces of civilization…

January 26, 2026

Dear reader,

WE ARE LIVE!
Uranus Art Publishing's new face, Uranus Books (www.uranus.com.tr), is now live; we've finally met. This 'Book of the Month' is Karia: In our slideshows – although low-resolution – we've presented a small glimpse of Karia's pages from the design PDF; our Karia book is 25% off until the end of February… In the 'CAMPAIGN' section, which we added to the 'BOOK' sections, we offer a 20% discount on group book purchases. For book purchases, shipping is free for orders of 1000 TL and above within Turkey… We will frequently share other updates on our site with you through slideshows and in the 'NEWS' section. We will also announce our new publication preparations – before the books are on the shelves – on our new website. Hello again…

January 13, 2026

Dear reader,

Uranus Art Publishing's new face, Uranus Books (www.uranus.com.tr), will be with you very soon - along with new surprises. Each month's selected 'Book of the Month' will be introduced on our 'Homepage' with a slideshow and offered at a 25% discount until the end of the month. We have also added a 'CAMPAIGN' section to the 'BOOKS' section, and in this section, group book sales will be offered at a 20% discount. We will frequently share other innovations of our site with you through slideshows and in the 'NEWS' section. We will also announce our new publication preparations - before the books are on the shelves - on our new website. Get ready for change…