Complex sentence: Soufli is first mentioned by the Ottoman traveler Evliya Çelebi around 1667 by the name'Sofulu', who reports that it was a large village free from taxation.
Split into simpler sentences: Soufli is first mentioned by the Turkish traveler Evliya Çelebi around 1667 by the name'Sofulu'. During that period, it was a large village free from taxation.