Translation and analysis of Journey From Moscow to Constantinople (1817-1818)

Since the travel books are far from officıal sources and are works of daily life, offers a wide range of information about the region traveled to such as social, economi, religious, political, psychological, etc. The fact travelers were not official histographers, they had the opportunity to write about their observations, interests and topics that were more popular in the society. Travel books were not accepted as a historical source for a long time. However, when these sources are compared with other sources and official records written in the same period, we see that they give us extremely important information. It would be appropriate to say that travel books also play an important role in the modernization of society. The main subject of our aforementioned study consists of the translation of Wiliam Maccmıchael's "Journey From Moscow To Constantınople in the Years 1817,1818" into Turkish and mostly the evaluation of his observations on Constantınople. İn this way, ıt was aimed to bring a work that has not been translated into Turkhis before to the literature and to contribute to the understanding of the Ottoman society structure between 1817-1813. In the ıntroduction part of our study, information is given on the traveler and travel books in order to understand the importance of subject. İn the first part, includes general information about the studies on the type of travel book in Turkey, the Ottoman- British relations, which had an affect on the writing of both the traveler and the travel books, and the authour of life. İn the second part includes the translation of the travel books and observations on Constantınople. İn the last part consists of the translation of the work. Key Words: Traveler, Travel books, Ottoman-Britihs Relations, William Macmıchael, Constantinople.