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Original bdg. HC. 4to. (29 x 24 cm). In English. 461 p., color and b/w ills. Contents: INTRODUCTORY; Introduction-Nuran Tezcan and Semih Tezcan; Introduction to the English Edition-Robert Dankoff; Selection of Images Relating to Evliyâ Çelebi; The Travel Book of a Genius - Semih Tezcan; LIFE AND LEGACY; The Life of Evliyâ Çelebi: A Chronological Inventory-R. Aslihan Aksoy-Sheridan and Michael D. Sheridan; When did Evliyâ Çelebi Die?-Nuran Tezcan; Evliyâ Çelebi the Archer-Semih Tezcan; The Mosque in Evliyâ Çelebi's Dream-Nuran Tezcan; Documentary Traces of Evliyâ Çelebi-Nuran Tezcan; Evliyâ Çelebi in Vienna; The men he met in Vienna; Graffiti; Patents of Safe Conduct Obtained from the Franks; Interest in Drawing; Interest in Maps; Evliyâ Çelebi in Books of Archery; RESEARCH, MANUSCRIPTS, EDITIONS; History of Research on the Seyahatnâme from 1814 to 2011-Nuran Tezcan; Structure and Contents of the Seyahatnâme; Important Manuscripts and Editions-Nuran Tezcan; MAPS OF HIS TRAVELS; Map: The Travels of Evliyâ Çelebi-Michael D. Sheridan; Map of Evliyâ Çelebi's Travels in Anatolia-Jens Peter Laut; COUNTRIES, REGIONS, CITIES; Notes on Evliyâ Çelebi's Travels in Anatolia-Feridun M. Emecen; Evliyâ Çelebi's Ankara-Nuran Tezcan; Evliyâ Çelebi's Journey to Vienna-Gisela Procházka-Eisle; Journey in Azerbaijan and the Two Iraqs-Christiane Bulut; Tripoli and its Architectural Monuments in the Seyahatnâme-Sawsan Agha Kassab and Khaled Tadmori; Mecca in the Seyahatnâme-Nurettin Gemici; Egypt in the Seyahatnâme-Mohamed Haridy; The Nile Journey: Egypt, Sudan, Habesh-Nuran Tezcan; Evliyâ Çelebi's Perception of the New World-Hakan T. Karateke; EXCERPTS AND CROSS SECTIONS FROM THE SEYAHATNÂME; The Guild Procession-Yücel Dagli; The Marketplaces of Bursa, Kayseri and Urfa-Sule Pfeiffer-Tas; The Prince's Palace in Manisa-Nuran Tezcan; Plato's Pavilion - Tower of the Winds-Semih Tezcan; The Piraeus Lion-Semih Tezcan; The Mostar Bridge in Bosnia-Nuran Tezcan; The Banana Tree-Nuran Tezcan; "Father of Terror": The Story of the Sphinx-Semih Tezcan; An Enemy of Images-Semih Tezcan; Kaya Sultan Handkerchiefs Used as Gifts-Nuran Tezcan; TRAVEL WRITING; Memoirs and Travel Notes of a Boon Companion-Halil Inalcik; What Kind of Traveler was Evliyâ Çelebi?-Sooyong Kim; Travel in the Mind of a Traveler: A Feminist Perspective on Evliyâ Çelebi in Vienna-Arzu Erekli; HISTORY; Evliyâ Çelebi's Views on the Ottoman Dynasty-Yahya Kemal Tastan; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; Reading the Seyahatnâme as an Ethnographic Text or Regarding Evliyâ Çelebi as an Early Ethnographer-Suavi Aydin; Two Pilgrimage Sites at Ayasofya and their Stories in the Seyahatnâme-Hasan Özdemir; Notes on Turkish Folk Literature from the Seyahatnâme-M. Sabri Koz; Legends about Vienna in the Seyahatnâme and their Austrian Counterpart-Claudia Römer; Legends of Sari Saltik in the Seyahatnâme and the Bektashi Oral Tradition-Helga Anetshofer; "Marvels and Wonders" in the Seyahatnâme-Yeliz Özay; ART HISTORY; Itinerant Gaze: The Representation of Ottoman and Medieval Anatolian; Architecture in the Seyahatnâme-Çigdem Kafescioglu; Matrakçi Nasuh and Evliyâ Çelebi: Perspectives on Ottoman Gardens(1534-1682)-Nurhan Atasoy; Evliyâ Çelebi's Ancient World-Tansu Açik; LINGUISTICS; Languages of the World in the Seyahatnâme-Robert Dankoff; LITERATURE; The Seyahatnâme in World Travel Writing-Sooyong Kim; The Literary Value of the Seyahatnâme and its Place in Ottoman Turkish Literature -Nuran Tezcan; Evliyâ Çelebi's Written Sources-Hatice Aynur; MAP OF THE NILE, Evliyâ Çelebi's Map of the Nile-Robert Dankoff and Nuran Tezcan, APPRECIATIONS; Evliyâ Çelebi and Empire-Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar; The Hospital of Sultan Bayezid-Behçet Necatigil; Evliyâ Çelebi's Book of Çamlibel-Ilhan Berk; The Seyahatnâme and History-Serafettin Turan; Evliyâ Çelebi of the Future-Talât S. Halman.