Istanbul Noir

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Mustafa thanks Pinar Yeşiloğlu for giving him such a good reason to live, and for not so simply bearing with him through those Istanbul Noir times; Cem Mumcu for encouraging him to plunge into the project; Murat Eyüboğlu for making him look good in his photographs; his aunt Nil Taneri for inspiring him with her street map of Istanbul which she autographed for him in 1967; and Refike Türker, his aunt from Kumkapı, whose death was the death of Istanbul a little bit.

Amy thanks Dilek Akdemir for, well, everything. She also thanks Tansel Demirel for being a translator’s best friend; Irene Gates for valuable feedback; İdil Aydoğan for blatant honesty, bold encouragement, and Foça; participants of the Cunda International Workshop for Translators of Turkish Literature for input and motivation; Tülin Er for constant reassurance; and her mother for reading to her while she was still in the womb.

Both Mustafa and Amy would also like to thank the tough-lovin’ (but not necessarily tough to love) folks at Akashic; Ayşegül İzer for the killer map; Deniz Oğurlu for the stark and striking cover photo (and Murat Oğurlu and Deniz Akkol for helping us find it); and Mel Kenne for making connections.

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