Review Article for Aşçı Dede İbrahim, Çok Yönlü Bir Sufinin Gözüyle Son Dönem Osmanlı Hayatı: Aşçı Dede’nin Hatıraları. Haz. Mustafa Koç – Eyüp Tanrıverdi. 4 vols. Istanbul: Kitabevi, 2006. (original) (raw)
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Book Reviews Section / Kitabiyat Kısmı - Journal of Ottoman Studies 48 (2016)
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