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The Sacred Journey: Rediscovering The Ottoman Hajj Route

Yunus Emre Enstitüsü – London recently launched a new exhibition and talk series, “The Sacred Journey: Rediscovering The Ottoman Hajj Routte."


Curated by Professor Andrew Petersen, the Director of Research in Islamic Archaeology at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, the exhibition charts this spiritual journey through history and recreates the life of the Ottoman Hajj through pictures, documents, maps and artefacts collected by Professor Petersen and his colleagues over years of archaeological work.