Necip Fazıl’s writings on "Istanbul," which were scattered throughout his body of work and many of which had not yet been published as books, have been compiled by Mehmed Kısakürek and published under the title “İstanbula Hasret” (Longing for Istanbul).
This book is not only a reflection of Necip Fazıl’s perspective on Istanbul in its historical, intellectual, architectural, administrative, ethical, and aesthetic dimensions, but it is also about the love for Istanbul held by a member of a great noble lineage who belonged to the Istanbul aristocracy that formed around the Palace—that is, Necip Fazıl himself...