The Heritage of Edirne in Ottoman and Turkish Times : : Continuities, Disruptions and Reconnections /

The Heritage of Edirne in Ottoman and Turkish Times : : Continuities, Disruptions and Reconnections / / ed. by Birgit Krawietz, Florian Riedler.

Modern scholarship has not given Edirne the attention it deserves regarding its significance as one of the capitals of the Ottoman Empire. This edited volume offers a reinterpretation of Edirne’s history from Early Ottoman times to recent periods of the Turkish Republic. Presently, disconnections an...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2020
MitwirkendeR:
Geisler, Philip,
Kontolaimos, Panagiotis,
Krawietz, Birgit,
Kursar, Vjeran,
Pekesen, Berna,
Pérouse, Jean-François,
Riedler, Florian,
Singer, Amy,
Stephanov, Darin,
Wimmel, Robin,
Wippel, Steffen,
Özervarlı, M. Sait,
Şakir, Aziz Nazmi,
HerausgeberIn:
Krawietz, Birgit,
Riedler, Florian,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2019]
©2020
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Studies in the History and Culture of the Middle East , 34
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Physical Description:1 online resource (XVII, 575 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Approaching Edirne. Dis-/Connections and Attractions
  • Part I: Forming Edirne
  • In Search of Early Ottoman Edirne
  • The Formation of Early Ottoman Urban Space. Edirne as Paradigm
  • Connecting Capitals. Edirne Among Early Ottoman Scholarly Destinations
  • Part II: Imperial Architecture
  • Challenging the Hagia Sophia. The Selimiye Mosque in Edirne as Ottoman Empire Branding
  • Edirne as a Stopover Destination. The Ekmekçioğlu Caravanserai and the Ottoman Road Network
  • Part III: Heritage Construction in the Turkish National State
  • The Resurrection of Edirne’s New Imperial Palace as National Heritage
  • Designing Edirne’s Heritage Trail and Turkish Oil Wrestling
  • Part IV: Crossroads Edirne
  • The Formation of the First Ottoman “Mother of Israel” in Edirne
  • The Diplomatic, Religious, and Economic Presence of the Republic of Dubrovnik (Ragusa) in Ottoman Edirne
  • Part V: Disrupting and Re-framing
  • The Beautiful and the Brutal. Bulgarian Images of Odrin (Edirne) and the Contours of the Ethnonational Mindset
  • The Balkan War Martyrdom Memorial and Intersensorial Remembrance in Edirne
  • The Anti-Jewish Pogrom in 1934. Problems of Historiography, Terms and Methodology
  • Part VI: Re-connecting Edirne
  • Building Modern Infrastructures on Ancient Routes. Road and Rail Development in 19th-Century Edirne
  • Region versus Metropolis. Thrace and Sprawling Istanbul
  • Edirne as a Secondary City. Global Reconfiguration of the Urban
  • Outlook
  • List of Contributors
  • Image Credits
  • Index

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