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From: Mehmet Yavuz Erler <myerler@hotmail.com>
List Editor: "Andras Riedlmayer, Harvard University" <riedlmay@FAS.HARVARD.EDU>
Editor's Subject: H-TURK:Re: Ottoman climatology and/or seismology? [M.Y.Erler]
Author's Subject: H-TURK:Re: Ottoman climatology and/or seismology? [M.Y.Erler]
Date Written: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:01:18 +0000
Date Posted: Fri, 19 Nov 2009 22:31:48 -0500

Dear Colleague,

There was an offical institute studying climatology and related events during
the Hamidian era, called the Kandilli Rasathanesi. I have some publications
about the climatology and seismology of the Ottoman Empire, mostly affected
from European scholars but including the public's experiences as well. Trying
to write an article on these documents. I have also completed a Ph.D. thesis
and a book (due to be published soon) on the causes and effects of famine and
droughts of the later Ottoman Empire (1800-1880). I'd like to share my
experiences on these matters but I am not too well versed on seismlogy. My
advise to you would be to consult the work of Caroline Finkel. My beloved
colleage and admirer of Evliya Çelebi has done thorough research on this
subject and has published a book, The Seismicity of Turkey and Adjacent Areas:
A Historical Review, 1500-1800. There is also another well-praised work, edited
by Elisabeth Zachariadou, on Natural Disasters in the Ottoman Empire.

Kind Regards,
Mehmet Yavuz Erler

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