The Turk Travelogue: Kang Youwei's Journey to the Ottoman Empire

Fidan G.

BILIG, sa.76, ss.227-243, 2016 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Dergi Adı: BILIG
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.227-243
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Kang Youwei is one of the most prominent intellectuals, reformers and politicians of 20th-century-China. After he was expatriated from China he traveled to numerous countries including the Ottoman Empire. Before he arrived in Istanbul, he was interested in the reform movements taking place in the Ottoman state and society. As a coincidence, he arrived at the capital right after the 1908 revolution and wrote a unique and detailed travelogue about his trip to the Ottoman Capital City. This article aims to examine Kang's perception of the empire and the events that took place.