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قراءة كتاب Turkey: Peeps at Many Lands
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A KAFEDJI
PEEPS AT MANY LANDS
TURKEY
BY JULIUS R. VAN MILLINGEN
WITH TWELVE FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR
BY WARWICK GOBLE
LONDON
ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK
1911
THE BRIDGE FROM GALATA TO STAMBOUL.
CONTENTS
| I. | GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY | 5 |
| II. | ALBANIANS, POMAKS, TARTARS, AND BULGARIANS | 11 |
| III. | CIRCASSIANS, LAZES, AND KURDS | 22 |
| IV. | ARMENIANS | 27 |
| V. | GREEKS AND VLACHS | 36 |
| VI. | JEWS—SUPERSTITIONS | 48 |
| VII. | GIPSIES—SUPERSTITIONS | 54 |
| VIII. | SYRIANS, DRUSES, MARONITES, AND BEDOUINS | 57 |
| IX. | TURKS | 61 |
| X. | THE FAITH OF ISLAM | 72 |
| XI. | GAMES | 78 |
| XII. | DOGS | 85 |
| XIII. | THE GALATA BRIDGE AND THE BAZAARS | 90 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| THE BRIDGE FROM GALATA TO STAMBOUL | Frontispiece |
| ROUMELI HISSAR (BOSPHORUS) | 9 |
| A SIMITDJI | 16 |
| A STAMBOUL BEGGAR | 25 |
| IN THE GRAND BAZAAR | 32 |
| A SHEKERDJI's SHOP | 41 |
| A CEMETERY BY THE BOSPHORUS | 48 |
| A FORTUNE-TELLER | 57 |
| A TURKISH LADY IN OUTDOOR DRESS | 64 |
| INTERIOR OF THE MOSQUE OF SULTAN AHMED I. | 73 |
| A HOWLING DERVISH | 80 |
| A KAFEDJI | On the cover |
| Sketch-Map of Turkey | page iv |
SKETCH-MAP OF TURKEY.
TURKEY
CHAPTER I
GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY
The Empire of Turkey, through which I propose to conduct you, stretches over portions of Europe and Asia—the slender thread of the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles being the division between the two continents. A rapid current rushes through these channels, but in some places they are so narrow that you can shout across from Europe to Asia, and it is no uncommon thing to hear the dogs barking from the other side.
Turkey in Europe spreads northwards from these points up to Bulgaria, and consists of a long strip of country extending from the Black Sea to the Adriatic.
Turkey in Asia is more extensive, and stretches from the Black Sea to