Ali Suavi and His Period

Ali Suavi and His Period Book Description Ali Suavi, one of the frequently mentioned historical figures who has attracted all the attention with both his ideas and actions, from the mid-19th century, when he had an influential place in the Ottoman society, to the present day, has many different and even diametrically opposed stories about him. He appears as an interesting personality with different judgments. However, these judgments about him, which are spread over a wide area between "genius" and "charlatan", were generally not the result of objective, scientific evaluations, and the approach to Ali Suavi was determined by the prevailing tendencies in every period. Ali Suavi and His Period, written by Hüseyin Çelik and being the first work based on documents related to this period of Ali Suavi, who spent 10 years of his 13-year writing life in Europe, aims to shed light on this interesting and original personality of our history. This work of Çelik, who attaches importance to making the documents in Turkish and Western archives "speak" rather than listening to Ali Suavi himself and aims to "bring to light a problematic character like Ali Suavi, together with the events and people around him", examines both Ali Suavi and his It is a basic resource for those who are curious about the period in which he lived... (From the Promotional Bulletin)