This monograph offers a multi-angle inquiry into modern Turkish cultural history through the intertwined lives of a man and a place: the Ottoman lawyer-entrepreneur Mustafa Nuri and the Viranbağ casino on Büyükada (Prinkipo). Using this microhistory to illuminate larger patterns, it engages five strands that merit further study in their own right: the history of casino/entertainment culture in Türkiye, the cultural history of Büyükada, the biography of Mustafa Nuri, the evolution of vakıf instit ...