Portrait of a Turkish family - Softcover

Irfan Orga was born into a rich Ottoman family which was decimated, financially and emotionally, by the First World War. He joined the Turkish Air Force but was forced into exile by a law forbidding members of the armed forces to marry foreigners. Living in England with his Anglo-Irish wife and their son Ates, he was largely supported by his wife, though the publication of Portrait of a Turkish Family and The Caravan Moves On made him a literary celebrity in the 1950s.

"This book is a little masterpiece" Robert Fox, Daily Telegraph

"This book is a little masterpiece" Robert Fox, Daily Telegraph

"This book is a little masterpiece" Robert Fox, Daily Telegraph

A wholly delightful book. --Harold Nicolson

It is just as though someone had opened a door marked Private and showed you what was inside.... A most interesting and affectionate book. --Sir John Betjeman

This book is a little masterpiece --Robert Fox, Daily Telegraph

A wholly delightful book. --Harold Nicolson

It is just as though someone had opened a door marked Private and showed you what was inside.... A most interesting and affectionate book. --Sir John Betjeman

A wholly delightful book. --Harold Nicolson

It is just as though someone had opened a door marked Private and showed you what was inside.... A most interesting and affectionate book. --Sir John Betjeman

A wholly delightful book. --Harold Nicolson

It is just as though someone had opened a door marked Private and showed you what was inside.... A most interesting and affectionate book. --Sir John Betjeman

A wholly delightful book. --Harold Nicolson

It is just as though someone had opened a door marked Private and showed you what was inside.... A most interesting and affectionate book. --Sir John Betjeman

A wholly delightful book. --Harold Nicolson

It is just as though someone had opened a door marked Private and showed you what was inside.... A most interesting and affectionate book. --Sir John Betjeman

A wholly delightful book. --Harold Nicolson

It is just as though someone had opened a door marked Private and showed you what was inside.... A most interesting and affectionate book. --Sir John Betjeman