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ARIT Istanbul, 21/2/2011

Dervish orders : their presence and the network of tekkes in

Ottoman Thessaly

Abstract

The presence of the dervish orders in the Balkans is directly associated with the

participation of the dervishes in the Ottoman expeditions and their relation to the

 janissaries. The provincial governors supported them by many means (tax privileges,

land for erecting tekkes) and contributed to the development of complicated

relationships based on mutual recognition and interests.

After the capture of the town of Larisa at the end of the 14th

-beginning of the

15th

  century, Thessaly comprised a peripheral semiautonomous region (Uç)  at the

borders of the Ottoman Empire. The dervish orders played an important role in the

attempt of the new leaders to incorporate as soon as possible all regions, both urban

(Tirhala/Trikala, Yeni Şehir/Larisa) and rural, into the same authority.

In this presentation the preliminary results of my research in progress will be

presented, dealing with the contribution of dervishes to the consolidation of theOttoman authority in Thessaly and the evolving landscape. Taking into consideration

the archival evidence and the preserved monuments, I am focusing on the dynamic

role the dervish orders played in the emergence of the Ottoman and Islamic

character of the Thessalian towns and the countryside thought the operation of

tekkes.

It will be argued that the erection of tekkes in the urban centers and across

the major road network was directly associated with the involvement of the

dervishes in the control and circulation of various products in the local markets. In

addition, the spatial distribution of the settlements, where dervishes are recorded assettlers, indicates their active involvement in the installation and integration of new

populations in Thessaly.

Gregory Stournaras

Ph.D in Urban and Regional Planning,

School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens

Senior Fellow at the ASCSA at Athens,

W. Coulson & T. Cross Aegean Exchange Program

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Haydar hane

Çile hane

Sogǔk Pinar

PLATOMONA

? ΠΑΛΗΟΡΕΥΜΑ

Çesme

TIRHALA

YENIŞEHIR

Turahan 1446   Ömer c. 1474   Ömer 1484 Hasan 1531

 YENIŞEHIR YENIŞEHIR YENIŞEHIR YENIŞEHIRTIRHALA   Çile hane (ΣΗΛΔ ΥΑΝΔ)   Çile hane (ΣΗΛΔ ΥΑΝΔ)

TIRHALA Haydar hane (ΥΑΪΓΑΡ ΥΑΝΔ)Haydar hane (ΥΑΪΓΑΡ ΥΑΝΔ)

-   Sogǔk Pinar (ΟΤΣΕΗΟΤΚ ΜΠΟΤΝΑΡ)

Sogǔk Pinar (ΟΤΣΕΗΟΤΚ ΜΠΟΤΝΑΡ)

-   PLATOMONA (ΠΛΑΣΑΜΩΝΑ)   PLATOMONA, (ΠΛΑΣΑΜΩΝΑ)

-   ΠΑΛΗΟΡΕΥΜΑ -

- - ÇATALCA , ÇesmeΦΑΡΑΛΑ, ΒΡΤΖ

ÇATALCA

 

The tekkes established by Turahan and his sons in the most important urban centers and in key locations of the

Thessalian countryside

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