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

Published by De Gruyter 2020

The Heritage of Edirne in Ottoman and Turkish Times

Continuities, Disruptions and Reconnections

Edited by: Birgit Krawietz and Florian Riedler

Volume 34 in the series Studies in the History and Culture of the Middle East

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110639087

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About this book

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 and discontinuities introduced by the transition from empire to nation state still characterize the image of the city and the historiography about it.

In contrast, this volume examines how the city engages in the forming, deflecting and creative appropriation of its heritage, a process that has turned Edirne into a UNESCO heritage hotspot. A closer historical analysis demonstrates the dissonances and contradictions that these different interpretations and uses of heritage produce. From the beginning, Edirne was shaped by its connectivity and relationality to other places, above all to Istanbul.

This perspective is employed at many different levels, e.g., with regard to its population, institutions, architecture, infrastructures and popular culture, but also regarding the imaginations Edirne triggered. In sum, this multi-disciplinary volume boosts urban history beyond Istanbul and offers new insight into Ottoman and Turkish connectivities from the vantage point of certain key moments of Edirne’s history.

Author / Editor information

Birgit Krawietz, Freie Universität Berlin and Florian Riedler, University of Giessen, Germany.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Foreword Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	XV
Approaching Edirne. Dis-/Connections and Attractions Birgit Krawietz and Florian Riedler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: Forming Edirne
In Search of Early Ottoman Edirne Amy Singer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
The Formation of Early Ottoman Urban Space. Edirne as Paradigm Panagiotis Kontolaimos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
Connecting Capitals. Edirne Among Early Ottoman Scholarly Destinations M. Sait Özervarlı Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
Part II: Imperial Architecture
Challenging the Hagia Sophia. The Selimiye Mosque in Edirne as Ottoman Empire Branding Philip Geisler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
Edirne as a Stopover Destination. The Ekmekçioğlu Caravanserai and the Ottoman Road Network Robin Wimmel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
Part III: Heritage Construction in the Turkish National State
The Resurrection of Edirne’s New Imperial Palace as National Heritage Florian Riedler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Designing Edirne’s Heritage Trail and Turkish Oil Wrestling Birgit Krawietz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Part IV: Crossroads Edirne
The Formation of the First Ottoman “Mother of Israel” in Edirne Aziz Nazmi Şakir Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
The Diplomatic, Religious, and Economic Presence of the Republic of Dubrovnik (Ragusa) in Ottoman Edirne Vjeran Kursar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	302
Part V: Disrupting and Re-framing
The Beautiful and the Brutal. Bulgarian Images of Odrin (Edirne) and the Contours of the Ethnonational Mindset Darin Stephanov Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	347
The Balkan War Martyrdom Memorial and Intersensorial Remembrance in Edirne Birgit Krawietz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	380
The Anti-Jewish Pogrom in 1934. Problems of Historiography, Terms and Methodology Berna Pekesen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	412
Part VI: Re-connecting Edirne
Building Modern Infrastructures on Ancient Routes. Road and Rail Development in 19th-Century Edirne Florian Riedler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	435
Region versus Metropolis. Thrace and Sprawling Istanbul Jean-François Pérouse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	469
Edirne as a Secondary City. Global Reconfiguration of the Urban Steffen Wippel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	484
Outlook Birgit Krawietz and Florian Riedler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	534
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	553
Image Credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	555
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	565

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars and Researchers in the fields of History, Ottoman Studies, Global and Area Studies, Cultural Studies
Pages
- Front matter: 17
- Main content: 575
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 20
- Coloured Illustrations: 76
Keywords: Ottoman heritage; Edirne; history of infrastructure; Sarayici

eBook

Published: December 16, 2019
ISBN: 9783110639087

Hardcover

Published: December 16, 2019
ISBN: 9783110634136