32. The Greatest Ottoman Adventurer

Empire

Jack Davenport

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4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Evliya Çelebi travelled for 41 years. He documented his adventures, which included interactions with vampires, humans transforming into chickens, and dervishes riding rhinos. Listen as William and Anita are joined by Caroline Finkel to discuss this man and the vivid descriptions he provided of the Ottoman Empire. *This episode was recorded before the devastating earthquake hit Turkey and Syria. Our thoughts are with those who have been affected.* LRB Empire offer: lrb.me/empire Twitter: @Empirepoduk Goalhangerpodcasts.com Producer: Callum Hill Exec Producer: Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you want access to bonus episodes reading lists for every series of empire, a chat community,
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0:15.1	W. Empire pod UK.com. Hello, this is Anita from the Empire podcast just to let you know. This episode of Empire
0:30.7	was recorded before the devastating earthquake hit southern Turkey and northern Syria.
0:36.4	We'll be talking about the impact of that next week on the podcast.
0:41.1	Also this is not an episode to listen to with children. Hello and welcome to Empire with me Anita Arnan and me William Durample
1:01.3	I'm very excited about today's program, William.
1:03.6	Really excited.
1:04.6	We have one of our favorite people.
1:05.8	Oh, he's a right character.
1:07.3	Isn't he a one?
1:08.2	Isn't he a one, as they say?
1:10.5	We've both spent the week giggling reading.
1:13.0	He's all the things I like and all the things that you are.
1:17.3	So he is the original itchy feet.
1:20.1	A man who cannot stay still for five minutes.
1:23.0	Some may say the Turkish peep, Samuel peeps, because he's a fabulous recorder of his experiences.
1:29.0	And he's also the most delicious thing of all spectacularly rude. and I love this. So the man we're
1:34.7	talking about William Dalrample is drum roll. I mean I'd say though because I always
1:39.2	get ticked off for spoiling your punchlines. Literally giving you the drum roll and permission.
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