Turkophilia
A Turkophile or Turcophile, (
Turkophobe is a person who shows hostility, intolerance, or racism against Turkish or Turkic people, Turkish culture and Turkic countries
.
Notable Turkophiles
- Marmaduke Pickthall,[2] English novelist and Islamic scholar
- Rowland Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley,[3] Irish peer
- Jean-Étienne Liotard,[1] Swiss painter, art connoisseur and dealer
- David Urquhart,[4][5] Scottish diplomat, writer and politician
- Ármin Vámbéry,[6] Hungarian Turkologist and traveller
- Ernst Jäckh,[7] German author
- Pierre Loti,[8] French naval officer and novelist
- Juanito, French singer
- Soviet historian, ethnologist and anthropologist
- Dimitrie Ralet,[11] Moldavian politician and writer
See also
References
- ^ a b "Lived Like a Turk, Painted Like a Turk: Jean-Étienne Liotard". trdergisi.com. 3 April 2017. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ISBN 0-7043-2514-4.
- ISBN 978-0-8156-3323-5.
- ISBN 0375502068.
But Urquhart's Turkophilia went so far that even in London he ate Turkish food, bathed in Turkish baths, and lounged on Turkish sofas.
- ISBN 978-0857283931.
In the case of David Urquhart, who went to fight for the Greeks but stayed on to help establish the post-war boundaries, it helped turn a Philhellene into a Turkophile.
- ISBN 0275939316.
The famous Hungarian Turkologist and Turkophile, Arminius Vambery (1832-1913), embarked on adventurous travels in Russian Central Asia and in Persia and later acquainted his Turkish friends with their Central Asian relatives through his books and lectures.
- ISBN 3110174650.
Auf Betreiben des turkophilen Journalisten Dr. Ernst Jäckh...
- ISBN 9780674634398.
And just as Chateaubriand was a Turkophobe, Loti is as much a Turkophile
- ISBN 3447052856.
It should also be mentioned that although he was a definite Turkophile, he was always admired and valued in nationalistic circles.
- ISBN 978-1910524244. Archivedfrom the original on 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
He also developed a Turkophile attitude in the theory of "ethnic complementarity".
- ^ Zamfir, Mihai (2008). "Îndrăgostitul de Stambul: Dimitrie Ralet". România Literară (in Romanian) (35).
Cu toate că se găsea în capitala unei țări ce reprezenta pentru un român trecutul întunecat și opresiunea, Ralet-scriitorul, opus diplomatului, dobîndește o inexplicabilă simpatie față de turcii înșiși. Le admiră nu doar costumele, limba, frumusețea fizică, dar și comportamentul zilnic; găsește în lumea otomană mai multă toleranță și simț al nuanțelor decît în cea occidental-europeană. Iată-l pe Ralet făcînd din nou opinie separată față de pașoptiști!
External links
The dictionary definition of turkophilia at Wiktionary
