Ottoman Turkish language - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Turkish People: Encyclopedia Ii - Turkish People - A Brief Historical Overview
The country of Turkey has been the site of wide variety of empires and has literally been a crossroads for much of Eurasia. Some of the e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Köçek: Encyclopedia Ii - Köçek - Culture
A köçek would begin training around the age of seven or eight, and would be considered accomplished after about six years of study and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Janissary: Encyclopedia Ii - Janissary - Janissary Training And Way Of Life
The first janissary units comprised war captives and slaves. After the 1380s Sultan Selim I filled their ranks with the results of taxati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hammam: Encyclopedia Ii - Hammam - Customs
Traditionally, the masseurs in the baths, tellak in Turkish, were young boys, helping the men in washing their bodies. Their duties were ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ottoman: Encyclopedia - Ottoman
Ottoman (in Turkish Osmanlı) may refer to: Ottoman Turkish language Ottoman Dynasty, the caliphs who governed. Ottoman Empire, the stat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turkish People: Encyclopedia Ii - Turkish People - The Modern Turks
Ultimately, it is absurd to speak of any ‘Turkish race’ in the tangled ethnic web of Anatolia. Race as a genetic-based social categor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hammam: Encyclopedia Ii - Hammam - Architecture
The hammam combines the functionality and the structural elements of its predecessors in Anatolia, the Roman thermae and Byzantine baths,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turkish People: Encyclopedia Ii - Turkish People - Turkish Phenotypes And Diversity
While the majority of Turks do bear a common brunette Mediterranean appearance similar to that of neighboring countries, there are large ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Köçek: Encyclopedia Ii - Köçek - Modern Offshoots
At the present time, the same-sex love and sexuality aspect of köçek culture is considered to have been "a privilege of the powerful ec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Janissary: Encyclopedia Ii - Janissary - The Janissary Revolts
Janissaries also became aware of their own importance and began to desire better payment. In 1449 they revolted for the first time, deman...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Janissary: Encyclopedia Ii - Janissary - The Janissary Corps
The full strength of the janissary troops varied from maybe 100 to more than 200,000. The corps was organized in ortas (literally "hearth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Köçek: Encyclopedia Ii - Köçek - Roots
The word is derived from the Persian kuchak, "little," "small," or "young." The culture of the köçek, which flourished from the 17th to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turkish Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Turkish Language - Grammar
Turkish has an abundance of suffixes, but no native prefixes (apart from the reduplicating intensifier prefix as in beyaz="white", bembey...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turkish Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Turkish Language - Grammar
Turkish has an abundance of suffixes, but no prefixes (apart from the reduplicating intensifier prefix as in beyaz="white", bembeyaz="ver...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turkish Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Turkish Language - Classification
Turkish is a member of the Turkish family of languages, which includes Gagauz, and Khorasani Turkish in addition to Osmanli Turkish. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turkish Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Turkish Language - Geographic Distribution
Turkish is spoken in Turkey and by minorities in 35 other countries. In particular, Turkish is used in countries that formerly (in whole ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turkish Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Turkish Language - Geographic Distribution
Turkish is spoken in Turkey and by minorities in 35 other countries. In particular, Turkish is used in countries that formerly (in whole ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turkish Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Turkish Language - Classification
Turkish is a member of the Turkish family of languages, which includes Gagauz, and Khorasani Turkish in addition to Osmanli Turkish. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turkish Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Turkish Language - Sounds
One characteristic feature of Turkish is vowel harmony, meaning that the same word will have either front or back vowels, but not both. F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turkish Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Turkish Language - Vocabulary
For more details on this topic, see Turkish vocabulary. Turkish has the resources for building up many new words from old: from nouns:...   » Read the article