(°) Pahnmer, book. ®, ch. 35. Grigor., book. 4. p. 69. Part of TG. 17. From it you can see all of Constantinople and part of its environs. When the Genoese ruled Galata, it was surrounded by walls; in some places their remains are still visible. New houses and mosques were built using the materials of the walls. In some places, houses were attached to the wall, on the opposite side, and their roofs formed a motley pattern above it. Galata in ancient times was the 43rd and last Reggon of Constantinople; now this, as I said, is a rabble of the peoples of the world, a stinking suburb, GDB dirty, crooked, narrow streets are quite disgusting. Near Galata, on the mountains, is Pera.
Immigrants from all the peoples of Europe settled in Per, multiplied and formed, so called, Perotov. It's like a special people; they even adopted their own special costume, half-European and half-Turkish, in which they walk the streets, fuss through the markets, put on airs and walk through cemeteries. These are 45 European people, and together they barely make up a tenth of the population of Pera, which counts up to 50 thousand inhabitants of both sexes; but they make noise and swagger because they do not recognize the power of the Sultan over them, that they can fearlessly laugh in the eyes of the Turkish censers, and that they do not dare to hit them with sticks on their heels. Seeing this, rightly, the skorfa can honor them as conquerors of Istanbul, and not peaceful foreigners who only enjoy the right of hospitality in powers foreign to them. This, however, does not prevent the Turks from honoring them, out of old habit, with infidels, and even dogs; but the Perots know, especially since the days after the Russian war, that no one dares to touch them. Each of them is under the special protection of the ambassador or agent of some European power, because he belongs to its people.
Ltom, the high society of Pera, i.e. the diplomatic corps and families of wealthy bankers, live on the shores of Boseor, in Terasha, Buyuk-Dere and on the Princes' Islands. The fire of 4831 turned this rich treasure into ashes. When I was there, everything was still being built. The Russian Embassy Palace also burned down; they lined him up again, and he was already coming to otdblkb, but he was not ready yet. 47° In the evenings, in good weather, the inhabitants of Pera, the VBh classes, go for a walk in Ayugyuk-Mezarlyk, or in the small cemetery and sit there, between the tombstone marbles, with all the dispassion that the habit of mortality inspires in the land of plague, fires and eternal bloodshed. The Turks, at least in death, retain their inviolable importance here, which, as in all their lives, reflects the tranquility of the tombs; but I was always annoyed to look at Perotov and Perotok, who converge. here, with the gaiety of their Levantine disposition, with all the gossip of their deep circles, they talk about their revolutions, show their love of life to be in the greatness of the grave, or make love dates in the midst of a vast field of death. I don’t understand how the Turks, having such a strict understanding of the innocence of tombs, allow the desecration of a grave shrine that is inviolable among other nations.
In Perz there is a cemetery for the Mevlevi dervishes, located around their Tekkge monastery.
It is one of the most beautiful places there. On it to erect a tombstone to the glorious Khaledi-Efendyu (), who belonged to the dervish class, and upon death left them large deposits and a rich library. During his lifetime, he decorated and renovated the Tekke, where their mystical dances are performed (). I attended this ceremony twice. Women are also allowed, but they occupy a special gallery, closed with a grille.
My retinue and I, putting on yellow babushkas over our boots, entered the Tekke. Its interior is simple. So I will again borrow from Mr. Basilio to describe () Webm I know how unlimited the affection and love of the magnificent (Sultan enjoyed Halel-Ekhepdi. Of course, the first thought about the extermination of the Janissaries belonged to him; in the Sultan was forced to sacrifice his favorite to intrigue his enemies, especially the Janissaries, whom he could not yet to tame Khaled was first exiled and then strangled.