VOYAGES DU Sr. A. DE LA MOTRAYE,
\nEN EUROPE, ASIE & AFRIQUE
\nOU L’ON TROUVE UNE GRANDE VARI\u00c9T\u00c9 DE RECHERCHES G\u00c9OGRAPHIQUES, HISTORIQUES & POLITIQUES, SUR L’ITALIE, LA GR\u00c8CE, LA TURQUIE, LA TARTARIE CRIM\u00c9E, & NOGAYE, LA CIRCASSIE, LA SU\u00c8DE, LA LAPONIE, &C.<\/p>\n
La Haye, 1727<\/p>\n
2 volumes<\/p>\n
Frans\u0131z as\u0131ll\u0131 Aubry de La Mottraye (1674?-1743) \u0130ngiltere’ye yerle\u015fmi\u015f bir Hugenottu. Zengin bir e\u011fitim ald\u0131ktan sonra 1696 y\u0131l\u0131nda seyahat etmeye ba\u015flar ve 26 y\u0131l boyunca Kuzey Avrupa, K\u0131r\u0131m, Yak\u0131n Do\u011fu, Rusya, Prusya ve Polonya’y\u0131 gezer. \u00c7e\u015fitli h\u00fck\u00fcmdarlar\u0131n dan\u0131\u015fman\u0131 ve ata\u015fesi olarak yapt\u0131\u011f\u0131 diplomatik seyahatlerini ticaret faaliyetleri ve koleksiyoncu mera\u011f\u0131yla birarada s\u00fcrd\u00fcrd\u00fc.<\/p>\n
Eserlerindeki \u00e7arp\u0131c\u0131 grav\u00fcrler nadir konular i\u015flerken hem \u015fehirlerdan g\u00f6r\u00fcn\u00fcmler hem g\u00fcnl\u00fck ya\u015famdan sahneler sergiler; La Motraye’\u0131n yapt\u0131\u011f\u0131 ayr\u0131nt\u0131l\u0131 betimlemeler ise yap\u0131t\u0131n\u0131 yaz\u0131 g\u00fcc\u00fcn\u00fcn g\u00f6r\u00fcnt\u00fclerden daha da etkili oldu\u011fu ilk gezi metinlerinden biri konumuna yerle\u015ftiriyor. Ayr\u0131ca sayfa kenarlar\u0131nda g\u00fcnl\u00fck niteli\u011finde d\u00fc\u015ft\u00fc\u011f\u00fc notlar bug\u00fcne dek ara\u015ft\u0131rmac\u0131lar i\u00e7in son derece de\u011ferli bir veri olu\u015fturmakta.
\n\u0130lk yolculu\u011funda, 1696’da, Paris’ten Roma’ya, \u0130skenderiye’ye, Lizbon’a ve nihayet \u0130ngiltere’ye gider. \u0130kinci yolculu\u011funda La Mottraye 1698’de bir ingiliz gemisi ile Gravesend’den deniz yoluyla \u0130zmir’e gitmek \u00fczere yola \u00e7\u0131kar, Cebelitar\u0131k bo\u011faz\u0131ndan ge\u00e7erek Ege adalar\u0131na gelir. Gemilerine bal\u0131k getiren bir bal\u0131k\u00e7\u0131 teknesi ile Patmos adas\u0131na ayak basar. Oradan Klazomenai (Urla)’ye ge\u00e7ip \u0130zmir’e devam eder; burada 5 ay kal\u0131r. Eserinde kenti tarif eder, \u0130ngilizlerin y\u00f6rede s\u00fcrd\u00fcrd\u00fc\u011f\u00fc ticar\u00ee faaliyetler, Aziz Polikarpos’un mezar\u0131, \u0130zmir civar\u0131ndaki ba\u011flar ve 1688 y\u0131l\u0131 depremi hakk\u0131nda yazar. 1699 y\u0131l\u0131n\u0131n \u015eubat ay\u0131nda Efes’i ziyaret eder ve Sak\u0131z’a devam eder. Adayla ilgili yazd\u0131klar\u0131 aras\u0131nda sak\u0131za ve adadaki ba\u015fka aromalara da de\u011finir. Samos’ta (Sisam) \u00fc\u00e7 g\u00fcn kal\u0131p Hera tap\u0131na\u011f\u0131n\u0131n harabelerini ziyaret eder. Bulundu\u011fu heryerde \u00f6zellikle sikke arama al\u0131\u015fkanl\u0131\u011f\u0131 oldu\u011fu i\u00e7in1699 May\u0131s ay\u0131 sonlar\u0131nda \u0130zmir’den ayr\u0131l\u0131rken beraberinde Midilli’den ve \u00c7anakkale bo\u011faz\u0131 limanlar\u0131ndan sa\u011flam\u0131\u015f oldu\u011fu epey miktarda sikkeyi de yan\u0131nda g\u00f6t\u00fcr\u00fcr.<\/p>\n
\u0130stanbul’da bulunurken o s\u0131radaki siyasi olaylar\u0131, padi\u015fah\u0131n yabanc\u0131 el\u00e7ilerle diplomatik ili\u015fkilerini, liman, donanma, g\u00f6ze \u00e7arp\u0131c\u0131 k\u00f6\u015fkler, Kad\u0131k\u00f6y, Ayasofya, camiler, Topkap\u0131 saray\u0131, harem, B\u00fcy\u00fck H\u00fck\u00fcmdar\u0131n kabul g\u00fcnleri, Bizans hipodromunun kaplad\u0131\u011f\u0131 alan, tarih\u00ee s\u00fctunlar, Rum, Ermeni ve Yahudi mezarl\u0131klar\u0131, T\u00fcrk nik\u00e2h d\u00fc\u011f\u00fcn\u00fc, dervi\u015fler, bedestenler, hanlar, ramazan ay\u0131, ve sultan\u0131n y\u00fczlerce r\u00fctbeli ve saray g\u00f6revlisinden olu\u015fan maiyeti ile beraber giri\u015fini yada ge\u00e7it t\u00f6renini ayr\u0131nt\u0131l\u0131 bir bi\u00e7imde anlat\u0131r.<\/p>\n
\u0130zmit’i (Nikomedeia) ziyaret edip 1703 y\u0131l\u0131na kadar Bursa’da kal\u0131r, ayn\u0131 y\u0131l\u0131n Nisan ay\u0131nda Ankara’ya do\u011fru yola \u00e7\u0131kar. Ankara hakk\u0131nda yazarken bir\u00e7ok \u015fey yan\u0131s\u0131ra buradaki eski yunan yaz\u0131tlar\u0131, Rum piskopoz ve kiliseler hakk\u0131nda da bilgiler verir. Sinop’tan ge\u00e7er (burada sikke sat\u0131n al\u0131r) ve Amasra (Amastris) yolundan \u0130stanbul bo\u011faz\u0131na girer. 1703 y\u0131l\u0131n\u0131n Temmuz ay\u0131nda La Mottraye Edirne’de vuku bulan olaylar\u0131n bir g\u00f6rg\u00fc tan\u0131\u011f\u0131 olarak kitab\u0131nda her\u015feyi aktar\u0131r. Reformcu e\u011filimleri olan Sultan II. Mustafa’n\u0131n Karlof\u00e7a antla\u015fmas\u0131ndan (1699) sonra Osmanl\u0131 \u0130mparatorlu\u011funun i\u00e7i\u015flerini daha iyi bir duruma getirme \u00e7abalar\u0131 ile taht\u0131 yitiri\u015fi, hatta Rum Patri\u011fi ile patrikhane kilisesi hakk\u0131nda da yazar. 1707 y\u0131l\u0131 Haziran ay\u0131nda narenciye y\u00fckl\u00fc bir yunanl\u0131 yelkenli teknesiyle Sak\u0131z’dan kalk\u0131p gine \u0130zmir’e gelir ve burada \u00fc\u00e7 hafta kal\u0131r; oradan Naksos’a u\u011frayarak Santorini’ye var\u0131r ve burada \u00fc\u00e7 g\u00fcn kal\u0131r. Daha sonra ise Amorgos, Naksos ve Andros’tan ge\u00e7erek Sel\u00e2ni\u011fe var\u0131r. \u0130ki g\u00fcn Aynaroz’da kal\u0131r, Enez (Ainos) ve Edirne’ye (Adrianopolis) gider, Edirne’de ayr\u0131ca bir rum d\u00fc\u011f\u00fcn\u00fcn\u00fc de tarif eder, ve nihayet yeniden \u0130stanbul’a d\u00f6ner.<\/p>\n
Do\u011fu’dan temelli olarak ayr\u0131ld\u0131\u011f\u0131 1710 y\u0131l\u0131na dek Osmanl\u0131 imparatorlu\u011fu ba\u015fkentinden yola \u00e7\u0131karak Malta ve Barselona’ya dek varan bir g\u00fczerg\u00e2hta Midilli, \u00c7anakkale bo\u011faz\u0131n\u0131n Trakya k\u0131y\u0131s\u0131ndaki \u015fehirler, Tenedos (Bozcaada), Limnos (Limni), Truva, Psara adas\u0131, Ege adalar\u0131, Monemvasya, Girit, Zante ve daha bir\u00e7ok yeri ziyaret etmeye devam eder; bunun yan\u0131s\u0131ra siyasal olaylar\u0131 tarif etmeye ve \u00f6zellikle antik sikke aramaya ve sat\u0131n almaya da hi\u00e7 ara vermez.<\/p>\n
1713 y\u0131l\u0131nda Kuzey Avrupa’ya yapt\u0131\u011f\u0131 bir\u00e7ok yolculuktan sonra yeniden \u0130stanbul’da bulunur; buradan yola \u00e7\u0131k\u0131p do\u011fu Trakya’y\u0131 ge\u00e7erek Filibe ve Sofya’ya gelir, Belgrat ve Viyana’ya u\u011fray\u0131p Hollanda’ya devam eder ve nihayet \u0130ngiltere’ye ula\u015f\u0131r. 1714’te gine Osmanl\u0131 \u0130mparatorlu\u011fu ba\u015fkentine d\u00f6ner; bu yolculukta ise Almanya, Macaristan ve do\u011fu Karadeniz k\u0131y\u0131lar\u0131n\u0131 gezer.<\/p>\n
Yazan: \u0130oli Vingopoulou<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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