WESTERN TRAVELLERS AND THE IMAGE OF OTTOMAN, TURKS AND ORIENT IN THEIR ACCOUNTS
Öz
The expeditions of Western travellers to the East and their travel writings, although they are biased and non-objective, are important texts in the shaping of Orientalism. In this context, most travellers head towards to the Ottomans and write down their own observations. Unfortunately, most of the western travellers preferred to romanticize the east and the Ottoman Empire and to express their experiences and the mystical impressions they use a marginalizing language. In this article, prominent western travellers in the 17th and 18th centuries, Richard Knolles, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Richard Chandler and their writings and letters on Eastern culture, Ottoman and Turkish identity have been examined and interpreted comparatively. It is emphasized that there are as much differences as similar points about Ottoman and Turkish identity in the works of travellers discussed in this article.
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