Paris Love

(Last Update: 12.09.2024) Guest Writer: Emre Caner – Paris Love

Paris always offers its guests opportunities to follow the shadows of the past. Because Paris knows how to hide the past and keep it alive together with the present. The rest is up to you. No matter what you want to get lost in the streets of Paris, you will find traces that will lead you to your goal at every corner. Woody Allen'of Midnight in Paris It is always possible to ride in the mysterious car that takes the hero of the movie and takes him to the past in this city! Being able to hear history unfold and having the imagination is enough...

Yahya Kemal While in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century BaudelaireHe constantly visits the house where he was born, the residences where he wrote his poems, and his eternal resting place. It has been almost 40 years since Baudelaire died. What is 40 years for Paris? Yahya Kemal writes somewhere in his memoirs: "I was as familiar as a land lover with everything Baudelaire touched upon." Apparently, even while Paris was in its golden age, it began to present its past to its visitors by drawing nostalgic routes.

Ottoman intellectuals resided in Paris throughout the 19th century. Being in Paris means, first of all, studying modernity and seeing the world. To start with, we have a milestone date: 1831! This is the year when the first four students sent abroad by the Ottoman Empire stepped into Paris. Feuillantines Streetin barbet These students who settled in the preparatory school became the initiators of a tradition that will last for centuries. One of those students Ibrahim EdhemIsn't the story of (future grand vizier and Osman Hamdi's father) remembered while walking on Feuillantines Street?

In the 1860s Osman Hamdi Bey, Bonaparte Streetin Ecole des Beaux-ArtsHe starts to destroy the door of (Fine Arts School). His biggest dream is to become a painter and, moreover, to survive as a painter in Paris. Turtle TrainerThere is no doubt that his style was shaped by the education he received at this school in Paris. Jean Leon Gerome ve Gustave Boulanger Young people who draw with enthusiasm in the workshops of famous painters such as Ecole des Beaux Arts is the right address to remember Osman Hamdi.

Bonaparte Street It reminds us of the Young Turks as much as it tells stories about Osman Hamdi. Because At number 25 is the headquarters of the Young Turks. After the 1908 revolution, this apartment was decorated with Turkish and French flags and a victory pose was made for the French press. Every time I look at that photo, my eyes catch sight of Ahmet Rıza on the far left of the frame. Ahmet Rıza, the most senior of the Young Turks in Paris, remained in this city for twenty years and dreamed of the vague future revolution.

Must şinasiWhen he came to the Paris of Ebüzziya TevfikIt is useful to leave it to: “In summer Rue de Bacabout Voltaire QuayIt leads to , passing through the Royal Bridge Tuilleries GardenHe would enter and sit on one of the sofas opposite the large pool. friendly Emile LittreHe would wait for him and talk to him about the science of derivation of words (etymology) until half past seven. Then, the two dictionary scholars would decide to meet the next evening and leave. Şinasi is exactly at eight Rue de LilleHe enters Madame Berthe's restaurant in , eats dinner consisting of soup, meat and salad, and drinks his coffee at Voltaire Quay. Orsay He was walking around. He starts his studies at eight the next day. After dinner, if it was a library day, he would be sent there..."

Italians Boulevard number 24 is for us the Ottoman Pasha, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Courthouse, who was a great art lover. Halil Şerif Bey means. Halil Şerif, who gave plenty of material to the Paris society with his loves, wealth and passion for gambling, became famous with his painting collection. in the 1860s Courbet ve IngresErotic paintings created by 's brush begin to decorate the walls of Halil Şerif's house. One of the most sensational paintings in the history of art, Gustave Courbet's famous work Origine du Monde – The Origin of the World, painted in 1866. It is hung on the wall of house number 24 on Italian Boulevard. But there is a camouflage on this painting! Over time, the painting changes hands, and when the last owner has no heirs, it becomes the property of the French State. Today Orsay MuseumIn those days, only Halil Şerif Bey's special guests could see this work, which is located in .

Ecoles Street ise Yahya KemalIt is full of footprints. Our poet lived on this street throughout the years he spent in Paris. Yahya Kemal seems to have anchored himself at the zero point of the educational and cultural world of Paris. college de france ve SorbonneEcoles Street, which has a gate to , is almost included in the academy. The hotels on the street are like student dormitories, the restaurants are like student cafeterias, and the cafes are like canteens. Numbers 32 and 33, which serve as hotels today, are student hostels where Yahya Kemal stayed for years. And At every step you take on Ecoles Street, if you listen carefully, you can hear lines from Yahya Kemal's poem Old Paris.

Of course, the Paris adventure of the Ottoman intellectuals is not limited to what I have just described. But even the anecdotes that I have briefly discussed in this article constitute the cornerstones of our modernization adventure. Rest assured, hearing stories from deep inside us while wandering the streets of Paris will add a completely different flavor to your Paris trip.

Emre Caner – Love for Paris

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Ahmet Öre's Note: As we wander the streets of Paris on this blog, we sometimes find traces of history, but I must admit that I do not yet have the competence to write about "the influence of Paris on the Ottoman and Turkish intellectuals". That's why I wanted Paris Love author of the book Emre Caner Let it give us brief information about “the place and importance of Paris in our own history”, and those who are interested in the subject can also give us the details. Paris Love You can read it in your book.

Paris LoveWhile it can be read as a gallery of portraits, it can also be seen as a historical travel guide for those who want to follow the traces of Ottoman intellectuals in the streets, cafes and parks of 19th century Paris.

For myself, I gained very important information from this book. Whenever I get the opportunity, I will share this information in my new articles - citing the source, of course - and I will also make additions to old articles. I would like to thank dear Emre Caner for enriching Pariste.Net with this information. Of course, because he writes as a guest writer on Pariste.Net...

Paris LoveYou can buy it online via the links below, or if you are a classic reader like me, you can also go to your nearest bookstore, pick it up from the shelves, and browse through its pages.

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