AMERRKALI BBR MMSYONERRN XIX. YYZYIL ORTALARINDA BATI VE ORTA KARADENNZ ZLENNMLERR (The Impression of an American Missionere on the West and Mid Black Sea Coast Throughout the Middle of XIX Century)

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Turkish Abstract: Bu calisma Amerikali seyyah ve misyoner Henry Von Lennep’in (1815-1889) Anadolu topraklarinda bulundugu sure zarfinda Bati ve Orta Karadeniz bolgesine dair izlenimlerini ele almaktadir. Izmir’den Amasya’ya; Samsun’dan Tokat’a; Sivas’tan Yozgat’a kadar bircok yerde bulunan Lennep, bu sayede buralarda yasayan insanlarin yasayislari, dini inanclari, gundelik hayatlari ve gecim kaynaklari gibi cesitli konularda gozlemlerde bulunmus ve bunlari ozenle kaleme almistir. Bunlarin yani sira gezmis oldugu yerlerin tarihi, cografi ve fiziki ozelliklerine dair de veriler sunmustur. Bu baglamda Lennep’in “Travels in Little Known Parts of Minor Asia” adli eseri donemin kosullarina isik tutmasi acisindan onem tasimaktadir.English Abstract: This study deals with Henry Von Lennep's (1815-1889), an American traveller and missionary, impressions about the West Black Sea Region and the Middle Black Sea Region while he was in Asia Minor. Lennep, who was present many places such as from Izmir to Amasya, Samsun to Tokat, Sivas to Yozgat, made observations about local people's religious belief, daily life, means of living and so forth. He wrote down all of these details meticulously. Besides, he gave historical, geographical and physica linformation about the places which he visited. In this sense, Lennep's work which is called "Travels in Little Known Parts of Minor Asia” is very important from the point of setting light to conditions of that period.