Tag: German-Ottoman relations
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A Debt of Gratitude: The Kaiserswerth Deaconesses and Their Forgotten Graves in Istanbul’s Feriköy Protestant Cemetery
Author: Alexandra Comus “The German hospital suffered the most. The broad Hamalbaşı Street was so full of smoke that it was impossible to see ten steps ahead. The new hospital, which only stood for a year, was burned to the ground, and the tender-hearted sisters who served here lacked enough hands to help. The fatally…
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A German-Ottoman Scramble for Objects in ar-Raqqa. Antiquities Trade, Archaeological Looting and Museum Rivalry in the Late Ottoman Empire – Author: Sebastian Willert
A German-Ottoman Scramble for Objects in ar-Raqqa. Antiquities Trade, Archaeological Looting and Museum Rivalry in the Late Ottoman Empire Author: Sebastian Willert 23 April 2021 “Since I arrived at Halep [Aleppo] I have been seeing valuable antiquities in many houses. Telegrams I receive from Raqqa indicate that antiquity smuggling is pervasive.”[1] In his telegram of…