Touring Europe, Envisioning Homeland

Istanbul in Two Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Travelogues

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ID8045606
AutoresSemra Horuz (0000-0001-9688-0097, Istanbul Technical University, autor correspondente)
Ano2021
Volume3
Fascículo1
Páginas69-91
Data de publicação2021-12-30
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoYıllık: Annual of Istanbul studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2687-5012 • E-ISSN: 2687-5691
EditoraSuna ve İnan Kıraç Vakfı Kültür ve Sanat İşletmesi (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.53979/yillik.2021.4
OpenAlexW4206502322
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas16

European travel accounts of Ottoman lands as well as the commonly succinct reports of Ottoman diplomatic retinues on their visits to European cities have received sustained attention in urban and architectural histories.Similarly, much has been written about the diligent figures who wrote about their westward journeys such as Evliya Çelebi, Yirmisekiz Mehmed Çelebi, Rifa'a al-Tahtawi, Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, to name but a few.Yet, the Ottoman travel accounts written in the second half of the nineteenth century still provide untapped and valuable insight into the transformative Ottoman efforts, conditions, and ideas in the wake of the Tanzimat.This article concerns two Ottoman travelogues, Yolculuk Kitabı (The Book of Journey) by Hayrullah Efendi (1817-1866) and Seyahat Hatıraları (Travel Memories) by Dr. Şerafeddin Mağmumi (1860-1931), placing emphasis on travelers' reflections of Istanbul during their travels across Europe.I argue that the Ottoman capital had a substantial impact on how travelers toured Europe and wrote about European cities alongside a broader framework encompassing how late Ottoman intellectuals discursively and materially conceptualized modernization.In particular, this article focuses on public parks and architectural heritage, which occupy a significant place in the travelogues, serving as two fundamental aspects of modern urban culture

Homeland · Ottoman empire · Philippine History and Culture · Travel Writing and Literature

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