During the Ottoman period, Türkiye was visited by foreigners, just as it is today. Some of these visits coincided with the month of Ramadan. Here's how they described their Ramadan experience, especially in Istanbul.
In 1840, Horatio Southgate, a 28-year-old Christian missionary from the US, visited the Ottoman lands following his archbishop's orders. He was startled by the sound of a cannon on December 8 noon, announcing the next day as Ramadan.
Tasked with establishing ties between the Protestant Episcopal Church of America and Syriac Orthodox, East Assyrian, Nestorian and other Christian sects, Southgate chronicled his journey in his two books. Southgate's written work reflects the same spirit as he intimately describes the city straddling Europe and Asia, ringed by low-lying hills and adorned by majestic mosques and minarets; its colourful bazaars where shopkeepers hawked their wares to people with gaudy costumes, and boisterous children playing on the streets.
Sharing an anecdote, Southgate says that he once hired a caique along with two rowers to visit a distant village. The boatmen rowed the boat for the entire day and at sundown, as the sound of the gun followed by mesmerising sounds of Azan read by hundreds of Muezzins announced the end of the fast, they began following the ritual.
According to her, this situation has not been entirely successful in Türkiye. Ottoman geography is sufficiently original. In particular, the month of Ramadan is a period when the oriental atmosphere is revived. Hornby writes in her work:
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