Reading History Through Literary Texts

Prof. Dr. Murat Ali Karavelioğlu gave a presentation at Düşünce Otağı on how history is interpreted through literary texts.
In light of technological developments that affect every aspect of our daily lives, leading to literary texts such as poetry, novels, stories, and fairy tales being pushed into the background, Düşünce Otağı, taking into account our development into a “speech-impaired” society, hosted Professor of Literature Murat Ali Karavelioğlu from Iğdır University as a speaker. In his presentation titled “Reading History Through Literary Texts,” Prof. Dr. Karavelioğlu stated that many events and observations of that period were narrated through literary texts, primarily using examples from Divan literature.

Prof. Dr. Murat Ali Karavelioğlu continued his speech as follows: “Thanks to poets and writers such as Katip Çelebi, Evliya Çelebi, and Baki, we learn about the historical developments of their era. Historical information that sheds light on that period can be found in the Fetihnameler, Saltuknameler, Seyahatnameler, and Menakıbeler.”
Prof. Karavelioğlu, just as we can read history from the poet Baki about the era of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, we can also read about the era of Fatih Sultan Mehmet from Molla Aşki, who lived during Fatih's reign.
He said we learned that they moved the ships from land to sea.
The second part of the Think Tank meeting continued with questions and contributions from participants.