Yirmisekiz Mehmed Çelebi

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Statesman and travel book writer (b. ?, Edirne - d. 1732, Nicosia). He was given this name because he was a member of the Twenty Eighth Battalion of the Janissary Corps. He worked in various positions like Head of Janissary, Minister of Mint, head of registration of Sultanate, writer of daily records in the district treasurer, and ambassador. He was sent to Paris with a delegation of 80 people in order to improve the damaged to Turkish-French relations in 1720 and to learn some reforms in France. He presented his observations about France where he stayed for nearly one year in a report to Sultan Ahmed III. His famous Sefaretnâme (Book of Travel) consists of these observations. It is said that this work played an important at the beginning of the “Tulip Period” (1718-1730) a time known for its indulgence in leisure and entertainment. He also wrote poems under the pen name Faizi in some reviews. The early edition of Sefaretnâme was simplified by Şevket Rado and published with the title Yirmisekiz Mehmed Çelebi'nin Fransa Seyahatnamesi (The France Travel Book of 28 Mehmet Çelebi) in İstanbul first in 1867 and in 1871 and its French translation by Galland was published in 1957 in France.

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