Constantinople: The Beautiful City and the Destruction of its Greek, Armenian, and Jewish Ethnic Communities is a story of triumph, human nature, and the ties that bind families through unimaginable struggles. Those who have ever experienced a migration such as the Fotiu family did will connect their own story, and those who live in a world so different and unlike this family will awaken to a deeper sense of what it means to belong to a diverse and global community. Constantinople brings to light atrocities that many have buried deep into their daily consciousness; it is an important work for this generation and for those to come. Historical truths are weaved together with the author’s rich, autobiographical narration.

Foti Fotiu was born in Istanbul (Constantinople), Turkey in 1942. With part of his family, he emigrated first to Brussels, Belgium then to Albany, New York in 1962. Fotiu served in the United States Army as a medical specialist at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. After an honorable discharge, he attended Hudson Valley Community College earning an AAS degree in Radiology Technology. Following his employment at St. Peter’s and Child’s Hospitals of Albany, New York, Fotiu completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration at Siena College in Loudonville, New York and also pursued a Master’s Degree with courses in Public Administration at the State University of Albany, New York. For more than 25 years Fotiu was Administrative Director of the Department of Radiology at Bassett Healthcare Network in Cooperstown, New York. He completed several Continuing Medical Education (CME) Programs during his career, including one at Cornell University through the Johnson School of Management. Fotiu remains active in the Greek Orthodox Church with his wife Theresa, where they reside in Raleigh, NC.