Geç Dönem Osmanli İstanbulu’nda Sufiler ve Fotoğraf: “Popüler” Mevlevi Fotoğraflarina Dair Yeni Bakış Açıları

Despite the growing literature on Ottoman photography, depictions of Mevlevis, in particular, are still considered a vestige Orientalist thinking. Beyond those art historical approaches, close reading rather ‘popular’ dervish images reveals that Mevlevis were actively engaged representing themselves. From this perspective, article argues their intimate involvement as modern medium, was profoundly related to certain characteristics Mevlevi order. This also scrutinizes possible contributions visual sources history music, particularly musical aspects photographs, which scholarship has paid little attention. What is more, instrumental critically addressing historiographical debates around tradition and waves revivalism, both have emerged overwhelmingly from 1950s Turkey.