The Sultan's Journey and other Turkish Placename Stories

Abstract This article looks at the origin of Turkish placenames from the starting point of an assignment given to a class of students at a university in Turkey. The students' stories have been grouped thematically into 1) Names from antiquity, 2) Ottoman or Turkish origin names, 3) City distric...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ibrahim Aksu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2003-12-01
Series:Names
Online Access:http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/1693