Was Edith Durham Turkophobic?

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Hefty_Jaguar4305@reddit

What exactly does that describe?

Travelers have always written something about the Orient, Turks, etc. This is the perspective of a Western lady in the 19th century.

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Well actually this book was written in the 20th century. And she was a westerner but traveled to the most remote highland regions of the Balkans, which were practically terra incognita at the time and built relationships with tribal leaders so she deserves respect.

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Hefty_Jaguar4305@reddit

Respect in which direction?

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Proud-Ad-5206@reddit

Respect has no direction. You either have it or not.

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TechnicianTimely2879@reddit

Idk about the guy. But the blue part you highlighted could be said about every major country in the world.

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shqiptarski1444@reddit (OP)

She was female. Edith is a girl’s name bruh

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Additional-Gur7915@reddit

A female is a person, too.

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Whole_Obligation_776@reddit

Sure Feminazi. /s

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holdmymusic@reddit

You made him Edith his comment

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TechnicianTimely2879@reddit

Oh I wasn’t paying attention. Editing it rq.

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Mustafa312@reddit

She wasn’t Turkophobic. In her book Burden of the Balkans she often helps the Turkish POW’s who are being starved and beaten by giving them medical supplies and bread out of her own pocket. She helped everyone during the Balkan Wars.

Some of the words she uses seem outdated because it’s the early 1900’s. Pathetic isn’t meant as an insult but instead as a description of how poorly the Ottoman Empire was being run in the Balkans at that time.

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shqiptarski1444@reddit (OP)

Yes it’s from high Albania

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Mustafa312@reddit

Great book! I highly recommend burden of the Balkans and Struggle for Scutari. The first one is a prequel to High Albania in which she goes from the South to the North. The second covers the Balkan wars in Montenegro and Northern Albania.

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shqiptarski1444@reddit (OP)

Editja Durhami mbreteresh

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PoppyGrower@reddit

I also think that pathetic at that time meant more something that inspired pity rather than something ridiculous

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Mustafa312@reddit

Exactly. Pity is a great synonym for pathetic in this case.

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Ujemegaz@reddit

No, but she is right about Italy and Austria, and i couldn't help but notice. In Durres, the elders used to have a blast when they had morning coffee back in ww1. The sea horizon was fulk of of ships and boats anchoring around. So, when a boat of Austria approached, another boat from Italy would also head toward the harbour. Then ships would start moving. And this would go on everyday as they never fought against each other.

I have been wanting to read, but i always found such authors boring. Aa for the OP question, i did not notice any "phobia". Turks were under a lot of pressure, and it is understandable that they did not wish to be fussy over some ambassadors wandering around in lands which were expendibale to them.

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