This presentation explores the seventeenth-century Ottoman traveler Evliya Çelebi's fears by examining the word “fear” (havf) in his Seyahatnâme (Book of Travels) in order to understand how this prominent traveler participated in, observed, and commented upon the seventeenth-century Ottoman cosmos. Focusing on the word havf in a seventeenth-century Ottoman travelogue is not only a methodological experiment to contribute to the emerging field on the history of emotions in the Ottoman context, but also a useful attempt to develop a holistic way of studying first-person narratives like Evliya Celebi's gigantic ten volumes. Thus, this presentation reveals part of Evliya Celebi’s identity as a seventeenth-century Ottoman elite through his fears. I evaluate Evliya Çelebi’s fears in five categories: First, I examine Evliya Çelebi’s fears of particular groups, including robbers, nomad Arabs, infidels, and Kalmuks in different geographies. I discuss them in the context of the boundaries of hegemony of the Ottoman Empire. Second, I show how Evliya Çelebi presents the rich folklore of the places he had visited through narratives and parables that describe the beings that we would categorize today as “supernatural,” like gûl-i beyaban, kara koncoloz, obur and cadû. Third, I focus on Evliya Çelebi’s fears of certain natural events. Fourth, I discuss how Evliya Çelebi rarely narrates his fears of God and examine a unique case to show how he uses fear narratives to present his responses to political challenges. Finally, the fifth category, I briefly discuss Evliya Celebi's political view of seventeenth-century Ottoman problems through shifts in his fear narrative about a political incident. By examining these narratives of fear, I discuss how Evliya Çelebi perceived his cosmos, depicted the lands he traveled, and presented his political and personal positions.