Yerebatan most mysterious place in Istanbul
Istanbul’s Basilica Cistern (Yerebatan Sarnıcı), the largest one in the city, was visited by more than 2.2 million people last year. Yerebatan has broken its own historical record after world famous writer Dan Brown’s recent book ‘Inferno’ was published. The bestseller also includes a reference to the Hürriyet Daily News and one of its articles. Brown has quoted a brief paragraph from a Hürriyet Daily news article on Göksel Gülensoy,...
Take a tour of sites in Istanbul from Dan Brown’s book ‘Inferno’
A tourism company has started an Istanbul tour for those who want to see and learn about the city through the eyes of Dan Brown, whose new book, ‘Inferno,’ is set in part in the city U.S. writer Dan Brown recently released a new thriller, “Inferno,” which begins in Florence and then moves to Sienna before the novel’s mysterious events lead the characters to Istanbul, where the plot continues to unfold. The hero of the book, Robert...
Istanbul secrets revealed in Dan Brown’s Inferno
Inferno, the latest novel by Dan Brown, the author of worldwide best-seller “The Da Vinci Code”, is now on the shelves in a simultaneous release in 12 different countries, including Turkey. The final section of the book takes place in Istanbul and is expected to result in a surge of tourists for Istanbul’s historic Hagia Sophia. “Inferno” features the return of renowned Harvard symbologist and “Da Vinci Code”...
Istanbul sights featured in Dan Brown’s Inferno
Istanbul will be anticipating a tourism boom caused by a rather more modern phenomenon than the 16th century’s great cultural revival – the work of Dan Brown, the author of the bestseller The Da Vinci Code. Dan Brown’s highly anticipated new thriller “Inferno” was released this week. The book has featured on the front pages of many Turkish newspapers as a significant portion of the novel is set in Istanbul. The book has been...
