Galata Which Reflects The Ways Of Classical Turkısh Literature
Abstract
İstanbul is a city which has been remembered and called “City of Sultans”, “Queen of Cities”
and “Pearl of the East” for ages and has opened and closed ages with its conquest. This city
which can also be defined as cradle of civilizations has been the capital city of a long life empire
and it has taken a determining role in the cultures of geographies depended on itself . Galata
representing the bygone centuries of İstanbul with the strongest lines is of importance with its
physical charm symbolizing a cultural reality and with its being an historical document. Even
though Galata has been a city quarter remained outside Istanbul Bulwarks, as a district which
has come into conflict with the counter shore in many respect and has witnessed to the
confidential relations in Ottoman Society, it has supported the economical side of the daily life,
has left its mark on the daily life of Istanbul in terms of culture due to being that it attracted the
intelligentsia inwardly, and it has become the window of the city opened to Europe. In this
study, commencing from obligation to discover this district where many practices of “enjoying
life” are experienced, the sides of Galata as reflected to the Classical Turkish Poem shall be
addressedand it wil be tried to obtain some cues about the social life of that period in the light
of sample verses
Keywords
Ottoman Social Life,Ancient Istanbul,Galata (Kalata),Classical Turkish Poetry
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