Description
Book SynopsisThe Land of the Anka Bird: A journey through the Turkic heartland is a reflective visual essay introducing the powerful photographs of Ergun Çagatay. The book explores the cultural landscape and geography of the vast Turkic-speaking lands, from the mercantile cities of Uzbekistan to little-explored pockets of the Baltic. It is clear that while divided by distance, the diverse Turkic share far more than a linguistic heritage. Deep cultural connections highlight great mobility across many landscapes and centuries. Spanning both the nomadic and settled worlds, this book challenges assumptions about an intriguing swathe of our planet while celebrating its wildly varied traditions and environment.
Table of Contents6 Map 7 List of photographs 8 Why the Anka Bird 8 Peoples of the Turkic heartlands 10 Introduction by Caroline Eden 14–151 The photographs 146 Acknowledgements 147 Bibliography 148 Index
