Siverek - City, Space and People

Siverek - City, Space and People Book Description The history of a city is also its memory. Keeping alive the experiences that bring people together with the place and turn them into a part of it is the most important outcome of city history studies. In this sense, Siverek is one of the rare cities that has been able to carry its historical memory, at least partially, to the present day. The book in your hand, which follows the traces of ordinary people, peasants, urban tradesmen and women whose voices are not heard much in daily life, aims to leave a legacy to the future by rediscovering the memory of Siverek, an Ottoman/Islamic city. In the Siverek Sharia Court minutes, you can hear the voices and breaths of people from various segments of society, from a villager whose donkey was stolen to Ayşe Hanım complaining about her husband, to Armenian Ohannese selling a house to her Muslim neighbor. This book, where you can find the mostly forgotten mosques, bazaars, inns, baths, mansions and streets of the city together with the people living in them, examines the relations between the center and the countryside and the relentless struggle of the city notables and tribes. (From the Promotional Bulletin)