The other side of the Bosphorus
November 1918. Istanbul, the legendary city, is subjected to the relentless occupation of the Allies, victors of the Great War. On the banks of the Bosphorus, between East and West, painful choices must be made. Leyla Hanim is the young wife of a secretary to Sultan Mehmet VI. Her mother-in-law is a freed Circassian slave from the imperial harem.
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