Across
- 2. In this novel by Elif Shafak, a housewife finds a guide to love written by a thirteenth century poet.
- 5. Waterfalls that drain into the Mediterranean.
- 6. City previously known as Iconium into Seljuk times.
- 8. Founder of the modern Turkish Republic.
- 10. Founder of the Ottoman Empire.
- 12. Failed British invasion of the Ottoman Empire during WWI.
- 13. So named because of its interior tiles. Its real name is the Sultan Ahmed Mosque.
- 16. Capital of Turkiye
- 19. City founded by Attalus II that became a prosperous Roman city.
- 21. Mosque that began its life as a church; its name translates to “Holy Wisdom.”
- 23. City known for its gastronomy, damaged in the 2023 earthquake.
- 25. City that has been inhabited for more than 3000 years, located near Mesopotamia.
- 26. History of a wealthy Istanbul family, from the Ottoman Empire to the 1970s, written by Orhan Palmuk.
- 27. Riots between the Blues and the Greens that led to half of Constantinople being burned.
- 29. Founder of the Mevlevi Order.
- 30. City previously known as Smyrna.
- 31. First major capital of the Ottoman Empire.
- 34. Zosimus' account of the Roman Empire between the death of Constantine and its sack by the Visigoths.
- 35. Beach that was the birthplace of Saint Nicolas, who would later be the namesake of Santa.
- 36. Led the conquest of Belgrade, Rhodes, and the Middle East before being turned back at Vienna. Labeled “The Magnificent.”
- 39. An adaptation of the novel "The Wife" written by Chekov, this 2014 movie, directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, won the Palme d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival.
- 40. Naval admiral who conquered Algiers from Spain, captured Tunis, and fought alongside the French fleet, securing Ottoman dominance in the Mediterranean.
- 41. Market established in 1461.
- 45. Student of Plato who created the (inaccurate) concentric sphere model and developed insight into irrational numbers.
- 46. Former city that once was home to the Temple of Artemis.
- 47. Scrambled eggs cooked in tomato, a popular component of Turkish breakfasts.
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- 1. Site of the oldest megaliths in the world.
- 3. Legendary city whose walls stood for ten years, according to Homer. Now, the ruins are a tourist attraction.
- 4. Whole eggplant stuffed with onions, tomatoes, and garlic. It's name means "The Imam fainted," which naturally comes with different explanations.
- 7. Means “cotton castle” in Turkish. This formation is made of travertine, a sedimentary rock with a high mineral content.
- 9. Region known for its rock formations called “fairy chimneys”
- 11. Byzantine empress and wife of Justinian I who is revered as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church.
- 14. Pastry filled with nuts and sweetened with syrup.
- 15. Residence for the Ottoman Sultans until the 1600s
- 17. Underground city that served as shelter for refugees of the Arab-Byzantine Wars.
- 18. Ottoman Sultan who took Constantinople.
- 20. Family of pastries made with yufka.
- 22. Largest city in Turkiye and one of the largest in Europe
- 24. Mahmud II's forced disbandment (and often execution) of the Janissary Corps.
- 28. Architect known for creating many of Istanbul's mosques.
- 32. Scholar who ended the Mongol invasion of the Levant, known for his critique of saint veneration.
- 33. Meaning "The Girl Child" in English, this anti-war poem by Nazim Hikmet centers on a girl ten years after her death at the bombing of Hiroshima.
- 37. First man to achieve sustained unpowered flight by using a pair of wings and jumping from the Galata Tower across the Bosphorus.
- 38. Battle that allowed the Seljuk Turks to expand into Anatolia.
- 42. Mountain that was often called Olympus. NO, NOT THAT ONE.
- 43. Resort city that the Mausoleum of Halikarnassos once called home.
- 44. Astrophysicist who discovered a unique double ringed elliptical galaxy that now bears her name.