Life in Asiatic Turkey

About this eBook

Author

Davis, E. J. (Edwin John), 1827?-1901

Title

Life in Asiatic Turkey : A journal of travel in Cilicia (Pedias and Trachœa), Isauria, and parts of Lycaonia and Cappadocia

Original Publication

London: Edward Stanford, 1879.

Credits

WebRover, Tim Lindell, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia

Subject

Turkey -- Description and travel

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 77918

Release Date

February 12, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.LIFE IN ASIATIC TURKEY. — CHAPTER I. THE COAST OF SYRIA.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. MERSINA. POMPEIOPOLIS. ASAAB EL KEF. TCHANDEER.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. ADANA. MESSIS AND THE AMANUS.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. THE PYRAMUS. GIAOUR DAGH AND MARASH.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. THE KURSOULOU AND KAYISH RIVERS. BAZAAR. BOUDROUM.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. THE SAVROON AND SOMBAZ RIVERS. ROCK FORTRESSES OF ANAZARBA AND SIS.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. LIFE IN ADANA.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. HIGHLANDS OF CILICIA. THE CILICIAN GATES. PASS OF BOZANTI.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. OLOUKISHLA. PLAIN OF LYCAONIA. EREGLI.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. IBREEZ. THE GREAT PLAIN. DEVLEH.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. DERBE. KARAMAN.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. LYSTRA. KESTEL. MAUGA. MOUT.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. VALLEY OF THE CALYCADNUS. PALÆPOLIS. ERMENEK.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. TCHUKOUR. DURGÈLLER. ALATA. KHADEM.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. MOUNTAINS OF ISAURIA. RUINS OF ISAURA.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. PASS OF DUMBELEK. HIGH RANGES OF TAURUS. EFRENK.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. GEUZNA. FEVER EPIDEMIC IN MERSINA.
22. 22.CONDITION OF THE MUSLIM PEASANT IN ASIATIC TURKEY.
23. 23.THE ARMENIAN KINGS OF CILICIA.
24. 24.HISTORICAL SUMMARY.
25. 25.ITINERARY.
26. 26.FOOTNOTES
27. 27.GLOSSARY.
28. 28.INDEX.

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