To mark the second Forum of the Alliance of Civilizations in Istanbul, The Topkapi Palace hosts the exhibition Within the Confines of One Same Sea: the Palaces of the Alhambra and Topkapi in the Photography of the Journeys to the Orient. This book accompanies the exhibition which was held in 2009 and shows a simultaneous dialogue between the Alhambra and Topkapi through a selection of images of the 19th Century by, amongst others, the Photographers Laurent and Abdullah Freres.