Ulus 29
Since the sixties Metin Fadıllıoğlu’s venues have been the “in” spots, setting the trends of Istanbul’s nightlife.
The book is a farewell document by Fadıllıoğlu. It gives an idea of each venue and culminates in Ulus 29 where food, entertainment and interior decoration combined to create a memorable place.
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The string of lights of the Bosphorus Bridge as seen from Ulus 29 provides a theme that appears throughout the book. It appears on the endpapers, in the lines that underline chapter headings and that mark the menus, and in the exaggerated ellipses indicating the continuation of text passages.
The book was launched at a party held at Ulus 29 where fingers bedecked with diamonds twinkling in the candlelight slowly turned the pages of the book, resting now on one black page, then on another.
Concept and research by Terry Sonman, designed in collaboration with Terry Sonman.
Printed in separate Turkish and English editions by Mas Matbaa in 2013.