Pierre Loti was born in south-western part of France 1850 and is a novelist and naval officer. After he participated french navy his career as a naval officer took him to many countries on the Middle east and Far East including Istanbul, Turkey. He died in 1923 and with a state funeral buried on Island of Oleron off the atlantic coast of France. His house in Rochefort is a museum and resemble a muslim construction with tiled walls including the fountain.

Piyerloti Cafe, named after the famous French novelist and marine attache of the same name. Here was the place where famous French novelist is said to have come for inspiration. It is the perfect place from which to view the Golden Horn and entire Historical Peninsula and to drink a frothy Turkish caffee or a glass of tea. On the streets behid the caffee there are other cofes, restaurants and hotels designed according to the old Istanbul houses style.

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