Finkel/MacLean/Landry – « The Making of the Evliya Çelebi Way » – 19/10/2015
Lundi 19 octobre 2015 à 18h à l’IFEACaroline Finkel (historienne, Istanbul), Donna Landry (Université de Kent), Gerald MacLean (Université d’Exeter) The Making of the Evliya Çelebi Way Turkey’s first (and so far only) long-distance equestrian route, the Eviya Çelebi Way, was officially declared open In October 2013, at a ceremony in the historic village of Babasultan on the lower slopes of Uludağ. The Mayor of Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyesi presided, in his capacity as signatory to an agreement to support the route and make it operational. The EÇW Project began with the aim of re-enacting Evliya’s travels across Ottoman Anatolia, to reconnect people with the Ottoman past and horse culture. In 2009 an international team of academics and equestrian enthusiasts pioneered