Turkish Language, Literature, and History

Turkish Language, Literature, and History
Author: Bill Hickman
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 389
Release: 2015-10-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317612957
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The twenty two essays collected in Turkish Language, Literature and History offer insights into Turkish culture in the widest sense. Written by leaders in their fields from North America, Europe and Turkey, these essays cover a broad range of topics, focusing on various aspects of Turkish language, literature and history between the eighth century and the present. The chapters move between ancient and contemporary literature, exploring Sultan Selim’s interest in dream interpretation, translating newly uncovered poetry and exploring the works of Orhan Pamuk. Linguistic complexities of the Turkish language and dialects are analysed, while new translations of 16th century decrees offer insight into Ottoman justice and power. This is a festschrift volume published for the leading scholar Bob Dankoff, and the diverse topics covered in these essays reflect Dankoff’s valuable contributions to the study of Turkish language and literature. This cross-disciplinary book offers contributions from academics specialising in linguistics, history, literature and sociology, amongst others. As such, it is of key interest to scholars working in a variety of disciplines, with a focus on Turkish Studies.

From Mahmud Kașgari to Evliya C̦elebi

From Mahmud Kașgari to Evliya C̦elebi
Author: Robert Dankoff
Publisher:
Total Pages: 520
Release: 2008
Genre: Middle Turkish literature
ISBN:
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Part 1: MIDDLE TURKIC 1. Qarakhanid Literature and the Beginnings of Turco-Islamic Culture. In: Central Asian Monuments (ed. Hasan B. Paksoy, Istanbul, 1992), 73-80 2. On Nature in Karakhanid Literature. Journal of Turkish Studies 4 (1980), 7-35 3. Three Turkic Verse Cycles Relating to Inner Asian Warfare. Harvard Ukrainian Studies 3/4, 1979-80 (= Eucharisterion Omeljan Pritsak, Part 1), 151-65 4. Inner Asian Wisdom Traditions in the Pre-Mongol Period. Journal of the American Oriental Society 101.1 (1981), 87-95 5. Kashgari on the Tribal and Kinship Organization of the Turks. Archivum Ottomanicum 4 (1972), 23-43 6. Kashgari on the Beliefs and Superstitions of the Turks. Journal of the American Oriental Society 95.1 (1975), 68-80 7. The Alexander Romance in the Diwan Lughat at-Turk. Humaniora Islamica 1 (1973), 233-44 8. Baraq and Buraq. Central Asiatic Journal 15.2 (1971), 102-17 9. Middle Turkic Vulgarisms. In: Aspects of Altaic Civilization II (ed. L.V. Clark and P.A. Draghi, Bloomington, Indiana, 1978), 59-64 10. Introduction to Wisdom of Royal Glory (Chicago, l983) 11. Textual Problems in Kutadgu Bilig. Journal of Turkish Studies 3 (1979), 89-99. 12. Animal Traits in the Army Commander. Journal of Turkish Studies 1 (1977), 95-112 13. Some Notes on the Middle Turkic Glosses. Journal of Turkish Studies 5 (1981), 41-44 Part 2:OTTOMAN 14. The Lyric in the Romance: The Use of Ghazals in Persian and Turkish Masnavis. Journal of Near Eastern Studies 43.1 (1984), 9-25 15. The Romance of Iskender and Gülshah. In: Turkic Culture: continuity and Change (ed. S.M. Akural, 1987 = Indiana University Turkish Studies 6), 95-103 16. Inner and Outer Oguz in Dede Korkut. Turkish Studies Association Bulletin 6.2 (1982), 21-25 17. The Seyahatname of Evliya Çelebi as a Literary Monument. Journal of Turkish Literature 2 (2005), 71-83 18. Turkic Languages and Turkish Dialects according to Evliya Çelebi. Altaica Osloensia: Proceedings from the 32nd Meeting of the Permanent International Altaistic Conference, ed. Bernt Brendemoen, Oslo, 1990, 89-102 19. The Languages of the World according to Evliya Çelebi. Journal of Turkish Studies 13 (1989 = Gerhard Doerfer Festschrift), 20. Evliya Çelebi on the Armenian Language of Sivas in 1650. Annual of Armenian Linguistics 4 (1983), 47-56 21. "Mı+"isi": An Armenian Source for the Seyahatname. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes 76 (1986 = Festschrift Andreas Tietze), 73-79 22. Marrying a Sultana: The Case of Melek Ahmed Pasha. In: Decision Making and Change in the Ottoman Empire (ed. Caesar E. Farah, Kirksville, Missouri, 1993), 169-182 23. An Unpublished Account of mum söndürmek in the Seyahatname of Evliya Chelebi. In: Bektachiyya: Études sur l'ordre mystique des Bektachis et les groupes relevant de Hadji Bektach (ed. A. Popovic and G. Veinstein, Istanbul: Isis, 1995), 69-73 24. Establishing the Text of Evliya Çelebi's Seyahatname: A Critique of Recent Scholarship and Suggestions for the Future. Archivum Ottomanicum 18 (2000), 139-44 25."Shall We Tear Down That Observatory?" Evliya Çelebi and Philology. [unpublished English original of: "Şu Rasadı Yıkalım mı" Evliya Çelebi ve Filoloji. In: Evliya Çelebi ve Seyahatname (ed. Nurhan Tezcan & Kadir Atlansoy, Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi, 2002), 99-118 26. Some Reflections on the Editing of Book 9 of the Seyahatname. In: İzzet Gündağ Kayaoğlu Hatıra Kitabı: Makaleler (ed. Oktay Belli, Yücel Dağlı, M. Sinan Genim; Istanbul, 2005), 122-32 27. Some Reflections on the Editing of Book 10 of the Seyahatname. In: Journal of Turkish Studies 30/1 (2007 = In memoriam Şinasi Tekin, I), 225-235. 28. Two Armeno-Turkish Texts: Lament for a Dead Daughter and Game of Chance. Journal of Turkish Studies 14 (1990 = Fahir İz Festschrift I), 151-162 29."The Story of Faris and Vena": Eremya Çelebi's Turkish Version of an Old French Romance. Journal of Turkish Studies 26 (2002 = Essays in Honour of Barbara Flemming), I, 107-61.

An Ottoman Mentality

An Ottoman Mentality
Author: Robert Dankoff
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2006-05-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9047410378
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In his huge travel account, Evliya Çelebi provides materials for getting at Ottoman perceptions of the world, not only in areas like geography, topography, administration, urban institutions, and social and economic systems, but also in such domains as religion, folklore, sexual relations, dream interpretation, and conceptions of the self. In six chapters the author examines: Evliya’s treatment of Istanbul and Cairo as the two capital cities of the Ottoman world; his geographical horizons and notions of tolerance; his attitudes toward government, justice and specific Ottoman institutions; his social status as gentleman, character type as dervish, office as caller-to-prayer and avocation as traveller; his use of various narrative styles; and his relation with his audience in the two registers of persuasion and amusement. An Afterword situates Evliya in relation to other intellectual trends in the Ottoman world of the seventeenth century.

The Sublime Post

The Sublime Post
Author: Choon Hwee Koh
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2024-09-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 0300270534
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A history of the postal system that once connected the Ottoman Empire Before the advent of steamships or the telegraph, the premier technology for long-distance communication was the horse-run relay system. Every empire had one--including the Ottoman Empire. In The Sublime Post, Choon Hwee Koh examines how the vast Ottoman postal system worked across three centuries by tracking the roles of eight small-scale actors--the Courier, the Tatar, Imperial Decrees, the Bookkeeper, the Postmaster, the Villager, Money, and the Horse. There are stories of price-gouging postmasters; of murdered couriers and their bereaved widows; of moonlighting officials transporting merchandise; of neighboring villages engaged in long-running feuds; of bookkeepers calculating the annual costs of horseshoes, halters, and hay; of Tatar couriers and British travelers sharing drunken nights at post stations; of swimming with horses across rivers; and of hiding from marauding bandits in the desert. By weaving together chronicles, sharia court records, fiscal registers, collective petitions, appointment contracts, and imperial decrees from the Ottoman archive, this study of a large-scale communications infrastructure reveals the interdependence of an empire and its diverse imperial subjects. Koh traces this evolving interdependence between 1500 and 1840 to tell the history of the Ottoman Empire and its changing social order.

TUBA

TUBA
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 352
Release: 1996
Genre: Turkey
ISBN:
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Between Two Worlds

Between Two Worlds
Author: Cemal Kafadar
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 246
Release: 1995
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780520206007
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Cemal Kafadar offers a much more subtle and complex interpretation of the early Ottoman period than that provided by other historians. His careful analysis of medieval as well as modern historiography from the perspective of a cultural historian demonstrates how ethnic, tribal, linguistic, religious, and political affiliations were all at play in the struggle for power in Anatolia and the Balkans during the late Middle Ages. This highly original look at the rise of the Ottoman empire—the longest-lived political entity in human history—shows the transformation of a tiny frontier enterprise into a centralized imperial state that saw itself as both leader of the world's Muslims and heir to the Eastern Roman Empire.

Turkish Language, Literature, and History

Turkish Language, Literature, and History
Author: Bill Hickman
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2015-10-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317612949
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The twenty two essays collected in Turkish Language, Literature and History offer insights into Turkish culture in the widest sense. Written by leaders in their fields from North America, Europe and Turkey, these essays cover a broad range of topics, focusing on various aspects of Turkish language, literature and history between the eighth century and the present. The chapters move between ancient and contemporary literature, exploring Sultan Selim’s interest in dream interpretation, translating newly uncovered poetry and exploring the works of Orhan Pamuk. Linguistic complexities of the Turkish language and dialects are analysed, while new translations of 16th century decrees offer insight into Ottoman justice and power. This is a festschrift volume published for the leading scholar Bob Dankoff, and the diverse topics covered in these essays reflect Dankoff’s valuable contributions to the study of Turkish language and literature. This cross-disciplinary book offers contributions from academics specialising in linguistics, history, literature and sociology, amongst others. As such, it is of key interest to scholars working in a variety of disciplines, with a focus on Turkish Studies.