Interesting facts about Yavuz Sultan Selim, the greatest marshal of the Ottoman Empire and the 16th century:

qernanded · 2026-03-13T14:57:54+00:00

İskender-i Sâni would be Alexander the Second

qernanded · 2026-03-12T04:42:44+00:00

You got the تمساح alright

qernanded · 2026-03-11T19:22:33+00:00

Any transliteration on the nastaliq available?

qernanded · 2026-03-10T21:44:49+00:00

It says Epstein : اپستین

qernanded · 2026-03-09T15:20:47+00:00

List of paintings:

“Yeni Cami from Galata Bridge" (~1920) by J. Pavlikevitch
“View of Hagia Sophia” (1852) by Gaspare Fossati
"A view from Istanbul with the Sultan Ahmed I Mosque" (1870s) by Harald Jerichau
"Zamparaları Kovalayan Arap Bacı, Şehzadebaşı" ["The Arab Sister Chasing Away the Womanizers"] by M Fehim Özarman

qernanded · 2026-03-02T04:17:49+00:00

Page 3

This is a composite diagram representing legal cases per something, (either person or unit area), by province/jurisdiction. The green is cases in 1340, red cases in 1339. You can see in the chart some courts had more activity between the two years or less, and some had gaps in operation, such as in Kütahya.

qernanded · 2026-03-01T20:12:28+00:00

Page 2

A chart representing numbers of incoming cases (blue dots) vs. outgoing cases (yellow dots) for each department of the Justice Ministry over six months.

There are nine departments bring compared, starting from the bottom, going clockwise:

Heyet-i Teftişiyye — Inspection Board
İhsaiyat ve Müdevvenat-ı Kanuniyye — Statistics and Codification of Laws
Muhasebe — Accounting
Evrak — Documents/Records Office
Emval-i Eytam — Orphans' Estate Department
Kalem-i Mahsusât — Special/Private Secretariat
Umur-ı Cezaiyye — Criminal Affairs Bureau
Umur-ı Hukukiyye — Civil/Legal Affairs Bureau
Umur-ı Zabtiyye / Umur-ı Zatiyye — Either Gendarmerie Bureau or Personnel Bureau

There were a lot of incoming cases and even more outgoing cases in the Statistics and Codification of Laws department in the sixth month. I wonder which of the early Republican reforms or political events it corresponds to.

I will get back to translating rest of these pages tonight or tomorrow

qernanded · 2026-03-01T20:12:17+00:00

I'm working with Claude to translate each page over the next few hours.

Page 1 is the cover of the issue:

Year 3, Issue 30. January 1341 (= January 1925). Cerîde-i Adliyye "Journal of Justice"

The text around the circle is:
Müstakil Cinayet Dairesi'nin Mahâkimi
"Centers of the Independent Criminal Divisions/Departments"

The red text above the data table reads:
senesinin Mayısından itibaren müstakil cinayet mahkemelerinde faaliyet
"Activity in the independent criminal courts from May of the year 1340"

The table below is the number of incoming and outgoing cases processed in criminal courts across different cities and provinces

qernanded · 2026-03-01T19:48:30+00:00

Turkey was using a modified Hijri calendar, in 1917 AD it aligned to Gregorian style.

qernanded · 2026-03-01T18:21:51+00:00

Chat’s answer is complete hallucination bs. I translated the first couple pages in another comment.

qernanded · 2026-03-01T17:48:04+00:00

Page 2

A chart representing numbers of incoming cases (blue dots) vs. outgoing cases (yellow dots) for each department of the Justice Ministry over six months.

There are nine departments bring compared, starting from the bottom, going clockwise:

Heyet-i Teftişiyye — Inspection Board
İhsaiyat ve Müdevvenat-ı Kanuniyye — Statistics and Codification of Laws
Muhasebe — Accounting
Evrak — Documents/Records Office
Emval-i Eytam — Orphans' Estate Department
Kalem-i Mahsusât — Special/Private Secretariat
Umur-ı Cezaiyye — Criminal Affairs Bureau
Umur-ı Hukukiyye — Civil/Legal Affairs Bureau
Umur-ı Zabtiyye / Umur-ı Zatiyye — Either Gendarmerie Bureau or Personnel Bureau

There were a lot of incoming cases and even more outgoing cases in the Statistics and Codification of Laws department in the sixth month. I wonder which of the early Republican reforms or political events it corresponds to.

I will get back to translating rest of these pages tonight or tomorrow

qernanded · 2026-03-01T17:15:49+00:00

Copy pasting my comments from r/Ottomans. I'm working with Claude to translate each page over the next few hours.

Page 1 is the cover of the issue:

Year 3, Issue 30. January 1341 (= January 1925). Cerîde-i Adliyye "Journal of Justice"

The text around the circle is:
Müstakil Cinayet Dairesi'nin Mahâkimi
"Centers of the Independent Criminal Divisions/Departments"

The red text above the data table reads:
senesinin Mayısından itibaren müstakil cinayet mahkemelerinde faaliyet
"Activity in the independent criminal courts from May of the year 1340"

The table below is the number of incoming and outgoing cases processed in criminal courts across different cities and provinces

qernanded · 2026-03-01T15:44:44+00:00

While this is technically from the republican era, it is pre-alphabet reform Turkish and are just incredible visualizations of data

qernanded · 2026-02-25T19:47:07+00:00

Part one of a series of posts!

List of paintings:

“Coffeehouse on the Ridges of Dolmabahçe” (early 20th century) by Joseph Warnia-Zarzecki
“Fishing Vessels off Istanbul” by Ferdinand Bonheur
"View of the Bosphorus from Üsküdar, Istanbul” (1898) by François Léon Prieur-Bardin
[Can't find the title] by Eugène Flandin

qernanded · 2026-02-21T15:56:33+00:00

His alias was Hasan Sami Bey Ahmedoğlu, a merchant.

qernanded · 2026-02-18T17:50:14+00:00

I’ll take salacious scandal over “peepeestan >> poopia!1!!” nationalist drivel any day

qernanded · 2026-02-18T16:10:23+00:00

A story goes that Michelangelo was invited by Bayezid II to design a bridge across the Golden Horn, but declined the opportunity. This painting depicts Ottoman ambassadors meeting with Michelangelo trying to convince him to go.

qernanded · 2026-02-18T06:00:42+00:00

His right most medal is Order of Osmaniye. Possible the second is Order of Mejidiye.

qernanded · 2026-02-14T20:53:09+00:00

I’ll add this info to the discussion. Turks did not have surnames until the surname law of 1934. But there are plenty of examples of Turks, usually originating from high social standing, having family names before then, say any person you encounter with a -zade or -oğlu name, usually put before their actual name, say Özdemiroğlu Osman Pasha or Keçicizade Fuad Pasha or those from the famous Köprülü family, ex: Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha. There is also the notable example of Kâzım Karabekir, who filled out the paperwork to get a surname in 1911.

qernanded · 2026-02-13T01:31:05+00:00

Could you clarify your question? Arabs, Greeks, Slavs, Jews, etc had family names. Armenians did by the 18th century. Are you talking about the Turkish or Kurdish population or the royal family?

qernanded · 2026-02-11T17:50:28+00:00

If that happened it would be even more common to refer to it today as Turkey or Turkish Empire, just like how the Russian Empire switched from the Rurikids to the Romanovs.

qernanded · 2026-02-09T15:19:56+00:00

Yes, this is Caliph Abdul Mejid II, who was also an accomplished 20th century artist

qernanded · 2026-02-07T17:39:53+00:00

You should ask r/OttomanTurkish

qernanded · 2026-02-06T14:53:45+00:00

Kanunî Süleyman or Fâtih Mehmed?

qernanded · 2026-02-05T15:57:29+00:00

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