![]() ![]() As we know although many of the descriptions of Seyâhatnâme were written in an exaggerated manner or as an inventive fiction in its some parts by Evliya Çelebi, his notes remain a useful guide to the culture and lifestyles of the 17th century Ottoman Empire. Key Words Evliya Celebi, Book of Travel, 17th Century, Caucas, Georgian, Abkhazian, Circasian, Daghestan.įor this research paper, I am going to concentrate on the first volume of Evliya Çelebi’s Seyahatname which narrates and descripts the city of Istanbul, its history, geography, urban culture, socio-economic and cultural life, religious and civil structures, and so on. ![]() In this study Caucasus geography in Evliya Celebi’s Book of Travel’s, and people living on this geography will be examined. In his travel headed to Dagestan from Crimea in 1666, he gave detailed information about Nogai, Circassian and Dagestan peoples and cities. In his second travel to Georgia in 1647, he recorded detailed information about Georgians and Megrels. Firstly, he narrated Abkhaz clans in the part that he wrote this travel. His first Caucasus travel headed to Georgia and Megrelistan over Black Sea in 1640. Evliya Celebi recorded detailed information in his Book of Travels about people and geography of places that he visited in Caucasus regions, which starts from eastern shores of Black Sea. ![]() Containing his travels, Evliya Celebi’s ten-volume magnificent work conveys different aspects of cities in Ottoman Empire and its neighbor’s like history, geography, architecture, people’s origin, cloth, food, belief and language. Caucasians in Evliya Celebi’s Book of Travels, Ankara, 2018. ![]()
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