Thursday, April 25, 2013

Istanbul, Turkey: Author of Returning to Istanbul


Batuhan and Jasmine Soylu are the authors of the novel and screenplay, Returning to Istanbul, Turkey. The novel and screenplay teach the importance of Islam and the understanding of international trade between Muslim countries with the rest of the world markets around the globe. Jasmine Soylu travels on a cruise ship from Miami to Istanbul with her mother. The journey helps her recall romantic memories of her mother and father. Jasmine Soylu writes a love story about Islam and the relationship religion has with international trade from Mecca to New York. Jasmine's father, Captain Daskin, takes his family to the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. The captain sails to bazaars in Egypt, Baghdad, and the famous souqs of Damascus. Trek from the Golden Horn of Anatolia to the Louvre Museum in Paris, France as Jasmine Soylu learns how to negotiate with her father, Captain Daskin, as he imports rare books made of Ancient Egyptian papyrus. Fight pirates at the sea ports in Alexandria, learn languages along the Mediterranean Sea, and study the relationship between Islam and international trade around the planet. Jasmine Soylu travels to (and writes about) these cities: Mecca, Medina, Ankara, Istanbul, Van, Bursa, Nicea, Ephesus, Nigde, Taksim, Paris, and Marseilles.

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