Abstracts Books, Defters, and Documents from 16th and 17th Century Türkenbeute (Turkish Booty) in German Collections: A Research Report Prof. Dr. Hans Georg Majer Emeritus Chair of Turcology and Professor of History and Culture of the Middle East, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, Germany Considerable booty was made on both sides in the wars between Sultan and Emperor throughout […]
Foreigners are often regarded as representatives, symbols, and extensions of the states they owe their natural-born allegiances to. It follows that their home state’s competitiveness in host lands has the effect of magnifying or diminishing the associated individual or group’s visibility. Starting from this premise, this paper evaluates the visibility(ies) of foreigners in late-Ottoman Istanbul […]
Antoine Köpe, 1. Dünya Savaşı’nda Avusturya-Macaristan ordusunun askeri olarak İstanbul’da ve daha sonra da Filistin’de savaşa tanık oldu. 1945’te on büyük cilt tutan ve hala yayınlanmamış olan anılarını yazdı. Anılar Selanik’te başlayarak, okuyucuyu II. Meşrutiyet Döneminden ve Balkan Savaşlarından geçirerek I. Dünya Savaşı’nın İstanbul’daki başlangıcına taşıyorlar.Antoine burada savaşın nasıl başladığına tanık oluyor ve işgal kuvvetlerinin […]