Images of Turkey in Western Literature
Images of Turkey in Western Literature

Author: Kamil Aydın

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13:

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This text provides a study which focuses on 20th-century images of Turkey in the West, dealing with literature that is mainly in English and drawn from fiction and travel books. The author has previously written on the contemporary American novel.

The Sultan of Vezirs
The Sultan of Vezirs

Author: Theoharis Stavrides

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-08-04

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 900449233X

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Mahmud Pasha Angelovic served as Grand Vezir under Sultan Mehmed II, in the years following the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople, which were marked by an extensive imperial project, transforming the Ottoman principality into an empire. This book attempts to piece together the available evidence on Mahmud Pasha's Byzantine descent and family network, as well as his multi-faceted contribution to the founding of the new empire, through military leadership, diplomatic practices and architectural and literary patronage, considering also his execution and the creation of a posthumous legend presenting him as a martyr. Using Ottoman, Greek and Western sources, as well as archival material, this study focuses on the period of transition from Byzantine to Ottoman Empire and would be of interest to historians and other specialists studying that period.

The «Voyage D'Outremer»
The «Voyage D'Outremer»

Author: Bertrandon de La Brocquière

Publisher: Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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De la Broquière set off for the Holy Land in 1432 for the purpose of spying out the possibilities of a new crusade to be led by the Duke of Burgundy. He returned overland, through the Turkish Empire, alone. His observations of the land, the people, the rulers, the food and the customs make fascinating reading. There is also a long section on the organization and tactics of the Ottoman Army, and the ways that the Europeans can use to defeat it. De la Broquière is a highly competent spy and a very observant tourist.

Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time
Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time

Author: Franz Babinger

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 1978

Total Pages: 618

ISBN-13: 9780691010786

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One of the most important figures in Ottoman history, Mehmed was the architect of victories that inspired fear throughout Europe and contributed to an image of the Turk prevalent in Western art and literature for many years. From the Western viewpoint, Mehmed was seen as the man who gave the death blow to Byzantium, destroying the last vestige of the Eastern Roman Empire. Not surprisingly, the Turks regard him as the greatest of all sultans, a figure unparalleled in the history of the world for military prowess, statecraft and patronage of the arts and sciences.

The Eunuch of Stamboul
The Eunuch of Stamboul

Author: Dennis Wheatley

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2014-12-10

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1448213886

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Moral young Englishman, Swithin Destime, to avoid an international incident, had resigned from the Army; within weeks he was in Istanbul to check on rumours of a planned uprising. But as a spy Destime was an amateur, alone in a city of intrigue and fear, a dark web in whose centre squatted the repulsive form of Kazdim Hari Bekar. Formerly a Palace eunuch, Kazdim was now Chief of the Secret Police – a job which admirably suited his depraved personal tastes