Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
AMME IDARESI DERGISI, cilt.53, sa.1, ss.59-91, 2020 (SSCI)
Embassy of Karol Boscamp Lasopolski in Istanbul shows the policies of improving the relations between the Ottoman Empire and Poland-Lithuanian Commonwealth after the Ottoman-Russian War of 1768-1774. From the reception of the Polish envoy by the Ottoman administration at the border, to his public entrance to the Ottoman capital, and his audience in the presence of the Sultan and the Grand Vizier, gifting and allowance (tayinat), the embassy of Boscamp's reception comes to the fore in the second half of the XVIIIth century as an important example of Ottoman protocol traditions. At the same time, his reception shows the coordination of the Ottoman administration for an envoy, both at the headquarters and with the local authorities, and how the preparations and reception of an envoy require between different government offices. The fact that the important scenes of Boscamp's embassy were painted by the embassy painter Kamsetzer made it possible to see the vivid depictions of the protocol and ceremonies performed by the Porte to foreign envoys. In this context, the article analyses the embassy of Boscamp on the basis of both Ottoman and Polish archival sources and deals with the protocol rules of the Ottoman administration, the gifting and his allowance in detail. As the study shows, Boscamp was hosted by the Porte in accordance with the established protocol rules and with an effort to improve the relations between the two countries. (Jan Chrystian Kamsetzer's paintings also draw attention as the rare depictions of the important bureaucrats of the period together with Sultan Abdulhamid I.)