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Churches and mosques in Anatolian cities according to Evliya Çelebi's Travel

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2025
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Evliya Çelebi is a world-famous traveler who traveled to most parts of the current geography during the stagnation period of the Ottoman Empire and wrote his 10-volume book Seyahatname. Due to this feature of Travelogue, we will focus on the XVII. We wrote about mosques, masjids and churches among the religious institutions in Anatolia in the 17th century. In the first part of our study, information about the history of the Anatolian cities mentioned in Seyahatname is presented. In the second part, information is given about the mosque structures, architecture, materials used, who built them and the historical development of the mosques on all the routes Evliya Çelebi traveled in Anatolia. In the third chapter, the masjids in the Anatolian geography and the historical development process of masjids are mentioned. In the fourth part, the study was concluded by giving information about the names, architecture, number of churches in the Anatolian geography, how many religious officials served these places of worship, and the reasons why they were important for the non-Muslim people among the churches. Keywords: Evliya Çelebi, Seyahatname, Anatolia, Church, Masjid, Mosque

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Seda Eren

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Seda Eren (Master Thesis). Churches and mosques in Anatolian cities according to Evliya Çelebi's Travel, 2025, İnönü University.

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