Günay Uslu

Homer, Troy and the Turks (eBook, ePUB)

Heritage and Identity in the Late Ottoman Empire, 1870-1915

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Homer's stories of Troy are part of the foundations of Western culture. What's less well known is that they also inspired Ottoman-Turkish cultural traditions. Yet even with all the historical and archaeological research into Homer and Troy, most scholars today rely heavily on Western sources, giving Ottoman work in the field short shrift. This book helps right that balance, exploring Ottoman-Turkish involvement and interest in the subject between 1870, when Heinrich Schliemann began his excavations in search of Troy on Ottoman soil, and the battle of Gallipoli in 1915, which gave the Turks their own version of the heroic epic of Troy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040786673
• Artikelnr.: 75563369

Autorenporträt

Dr. Gunay Uslu also works as a consultant on cultural projects and curates exhibitions for various Amsterdam museums in conjunction with other international institutions.

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations, Preface and Acknowledgments, Introduction, I The Discovery
of Troy: Schliemann and the Ottomans in the 1870s 1. The Question of 'ubi
Troia fuit' 2. Heinrich Schliemann in the Troad 3. Schliemann's
Confrontation with Ottoman Authorities 4. Ottomans Claiming Trojan
Artefacts 5. Troy: A Protected Zone 6. Excavating in the Shadow of War II
Classical Antiquities and Ottoman Patrimony: Muslim Elite and their
Involvement with Classical Civilization 1. Antiquities and Museum:
Interests and Conflicts 2. Zeal for Civilization: Enlightened Ideas and
Ideals in the Empire 3. The Cosmopolitan Muslim Elite of a Multifarious
Empire 4. Osman Hamdi Bey: A New Era in Ottoman Archaeology and Museology
III A Closer Watch On Schliemann (1882-1885) 1. Profitable Political
Conditions 2. The Excavations 3. The Ottoman Elite's Displeasure with the
Ineffective Antiquities Regulation 4. New Antiquities Legislation (1884):
Ottoman Claim to Ancient Heritage IV Homer and Troy in Ottoman Literature:
an Overview 1. Early Ottoman-Turkish Interest in Homeric Epics 2. New
Ottoman Literature: Educating the Public and Changing Perceptions 3.
Mythology and Homer: Ottoman Reticence 4. Homer and Troy in Ottoman Essays,
Books, Theatre Plays & the First Translations (1884-1908) 5. Admiration for
the 'Lord of Poets' 6. Izmir (Smyrna): Homer's Hometown V Homer and Troy
During the Final Years of the Empire 1. Controlling Heritage and the
Development of the Ottoman Museum 2. Schliemann's Reputation under Fire 3.
The Final Encounter of Schliemann and the Ottomans in Troy 4. Finding Troy
Once More: Dörpfeld's Excavations in 1893 and 1894 5. Overseeing Troy at
the Turn of the Century, Epilogue of an Empire, Manuscript Sources,
Bibliography, Inde.