Research Article

Evliya Çelebi in Vezirköprü, 1648

Volume: 9 June 29, 2021
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Evliya Çelebi in Vezirköprü, 1648

Abstract

In February 1648, the famous Ottoman travel writer Evliya Çelebi, travelling with the army of Defterderzade Mehmet Paşa made a stopover of several weeks in Merzifon. From here, he undertook two journeys across the mountains to the city of Köprü (now Vezirköprü, Samsun province). The account of Evliya’s visits to Köprü in the second book of his Seyahatname provide an important source for the topography of Vezirköprü and its region in the early modern period. Through a close reading of Evliya’s account and a comparison with Joseph von Hammer’s abridged translation (1850), this study demonstrates that while his description of the city itself is partly based on Evliya’s first-hand observations, the following description of the area to the west of Vezirköprü is not, and that Hammer’s reconstruction of Evliya’s itinerary is in error. On his first visit, Evliya spent a whole day in Vezirköprü, then returned to Merzifon by the direct route across the Tavşan mountains, not – as Hammer assumes – by way of Göl, Kargı and Tosya.

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English

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Research Article

Authors

Tønnes Bekker-nıelsen This is me
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Türkiye

Publication Date

June 29, 2021

Submission Date

April 5, 2021

Acceptance Date

June 4, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 9

APA
Bekker-nıelsen, T. (2021). Evliya Çelebi in Vezirköprü, 1648. Cedrus, 9, 459-472. https://izlik.org/JA89JP42LB
AMA
1.Bekker-nıelsen T. Evliya Çelebi in Vezirköprü, 1648. Cedrus. 2021;9:459-472. https://izlik.org/JA89JP42LB
Chicago
Bekker-nıelsen, Tønnes. 2021. “Evliya Çelebi in Vezirköprü, 1648”. Cedrus 9 (June): 459-72. https://izlik.org/JA89JP42LB.
EndNote
Bekker-nıelsen T (June 1, 2021) Evliya Çelebi in Vezirköprü, 1648. Cedrus 9 459–472.
IEEE
[1]T. Bekker-nıelsen, “Evliya Çelebi in Vezirköprü, 1648”, Cedrus, vol. 9, pp. 459–472, June 2021, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA89JP42LB
ISNAD
Bekker-nıelsen, Tønnes. “Evliya Çelebi in Vezirköprü, 1648”. Cedrus 9 (June 1, 2021): 459-472. https://izlik.org/JA89JP42LB.
JAMA
1.Bekker-nıelsen T. Evliya Çelebi in Vezirköprü, 1648. Cedrus. 2021;9:459–472.
MLA
Bekker-nıelsen, Tønnes. “Evliya Çelebi in Vezirköprü, 1648”. Cedrus, vol. 9, June 2021, pp. 459-72, https://izlik.org/JA89JP42LB.
Vancouver
1.Tønnes Bekker-nıelsen. Evliya Çelebi in Vezirköprü, 1648. Cedrus [Internet]. 2021 Jun. 1;9:459-72. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA89JP42LB

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