Evliya Çelebi Travelogue, book 2

Author: Zekeriya Kurşun, Seyit Ali Kahraman, Yücel Dağlı

As a classic of the seventeenth century, Evliya Çelebi Travelogue is both a literary work that can be read with pleasure and a source for researchers of history, language, folklore, art history, topography, history of religions, history of Sufism and local history. Evliya Çelebi, who testified to the places he visited in Asia, Europe and Africa with a language and perspective that only he used, wrote the first volume of his giant ten-volume work and also the first Istanbul Monograph in Turkish. From the information he compiled from many sources, many of which we do not know today, even if he gave their names, to the life of the palace; From the personal history of many celebrities to the daily life of the city; From the walls surrounding the city to all kinds of architectural works; from gates to hills and piers; From hundreds of tradesmen who meet the needs of the city and the army in war and peace, to gardens and recreation areas; From sultans to administrators of all classes, scientists and interesting people; Everything imaginable, from festivities organized by the state to entertainments experienced in very private assemblies, is described in this volume. With the First Volume, presented in modern Turkish and in two books, the reader is invited to a long tour of Istanbul through the door opened by Evliya Çelebi, and a detailed map of the city is drawn with all its mysteries.



Number of Pages: 323

Year of Printing: 2006


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Yapı Kredi Publications

First Print Year: 2006

Language Turkish