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A Walk Through Ottoman Salonica

White tower, Thessaloniki © Leandros Papakarmezis / Unsplash

We spoke with Vasiliki Kartsiakli, an archaeologist and co-founder of dot2dot, a Thessaloniki agency designing themed tours of the city, about the traces the Ottomans left in what was, for nearly five centuries, one of the empire’s great cities. Thessaloniki fell to Murad II in 1430, taken from Venetian control in a siege that, Vasiliki… Continue reading A Walk Through Ottoman Salonica

A Restless Soul: The Wandering of Evliya Çelebi

Evliya Çelebi illustration

Sometime around 1630, a scholar, clergyman and artist, son of a court jeweller, had a dream. In his dream, Evliya Çelebi (1611-1682) met Muhammed and other prophets of Islam, and in his excitement, asked for travel rather than blessings. The Prophet, in his wisdom, granted both. Over the next 40 years, Çelebi would devote himself… Continue reading A Restless Soul: The Wandering of Evliya Çelebi