Region versus Metropolis. Thrace and Sprawling Istanbul

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword V
3. Acknowledgements XI
4. Contents XV
5. Approaching Edirne. Dis-/Connections and Attractions 1
6. Part I: Forming Edirne
7. In Search of Early Ottoman Edirne 25
8. The Formation of Early Ottoman Urban Space. Edirne as Paradigm 44
9. Connecting Capitals. Edirne Among Early Ottoman Scholarly Destinations 67
10. Part II: Imperial Architecture
11. Challenging the Hagia Sophia. The Selimiye Mosque in Edirne as Ottoman Empire Branding 91
12. Edirne as a Stopover Destination. The Ekmekçioğlu Caravanserai and the Ottoman Road Network 152
13. Part III: Heritage Construction in the Turkish National State
14. The Resurrection of Edirne’s New Imperial Palace as National Heritage 207
15. Designing Edirne’s Heritage Trail and Turkish Oil Wrestling 233
16. Part IV: Crossroads Edirne
17. The Formation of the First Ottoman “Mother of Israel” in Edirne 285
18. The Diplomatic, Religious, and Economic Presence of the Republic of Dubrovnik (Ragusa) in Ottoman Edirne 302
19. Part V: Disrupting and Re-framing
20. The Beautiful and the Brutal. Bulgarian Images of Odrin (Edirne) and the Contours of the Ethnonational Mindset 347
21. The Balkan War Martyrdom Memorial and Intersensorial Remembrance in Edirne 380
22. The Anti-Jewish Pogrom in 1934. Problems of Historiography, Terms and Methodology 412
23. Part VI: Re-connecting Edirne
24. Building Modern Infrastructures on Ancient Routes. Road and Rail Development in 19th-Century Edirne 435
25. Region versus Metropolis. Thrace and Sprawling Istanbul 469
26. Edirne as a Secondary City. Global Reconfiguration of the Urban 484
27. Outlook 534
28. List of Contributors 553
29. Image Credits 555
30. Index 565