Clifford Endres & Selhan Endres, tr. London. Telegram. 2012. ISBN 978-1846591488Selçuk Altun’s sixth novel, The Sultan of Byzantium, positions itself as a skillfully constructed tribute to Byzantium, attracting attention with its “provocative title.” The novel offers a concise and captivating historical journey to the Byzantine world while putting Istanbul, a city whose intercultural and historical charm is uncontested, at the center of the story.