The Present State of Turkey. 2nd edition. Vol. I

1809

Shoults Eb 1809 T

London: Printed for Joseph Mawman

The Levant Company merchant Thomas Thornton (1762–1814) arrived in Constantinople in 1793, and lived there for 14 years. In his Present State of Turkey, he wrote favourably of the Turks and their architecture, such as the Great Ottoman mosques. The work established his reputation as an authority in the area. In the 20th century, events such as World War I and the Greco-Turkish War ended what was the Ottoman Empire. The 1923 Treaty of Lausanne formally established the Republic of Turkey, which moved its capital to Ankara.