Sufi Şarabından Kapitalist Metaya Kahvenin Öyküsü
From Sufi Beverage to Capitalist Commodity The Story of Coffee
Author(s): Yahya Kemal TaştanSubject(s): History
Published by: Gazi Akademik Bakış
Keywords: Coffee; Coffee-house; Otoman State; Europe; United States of America; Colonialism
Summary/Abstract: In this study, coffee as an Islamic beverage discovered by a Sufi in the 15th century, and used previously in Egypt and İstanbul in the 16th century and has spread coffee-drinking throughout the Islamic world. Coffee-houses first secular public domain of Islamic society are said to be increasingly public favour after 16th century. After one century, coffee as a recreational drug came into general use in the lands of Europe by the way of trading and diplomatic relations. European powers cultivated coffee in their colonies and product market in its homeland. This study inspected the making of coffee as an İslamic beverage capitalist commodity.
Journal: Gazi Akademik Bakış
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 04
- Page Range: 53-87
- Page Count: 34
- Language: Turkish