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This study was carried out to determine the opinions, interests and views formed in the minds of high school students about Ottoman Turkish and the Ottoman Turkish lesson, and to determine the opinions of the students about the lesson by making a comparison between the students who took the lesson and those who did not. Phenomenology and case study patterns were used as a qualitative research method in the study. Data were collected with the participation of a total of 76 high school students. Interview method was used for data collection and content analysis method was used for data analysis. As a data collection tool, a structured interview form prepared with open-ended research questions was used. In the study, the answers given by high school students to the questions we prepared about Ottoman Turkish, and its course were coded and separated into themes and frequency values were given according to these themes. The data obtained from the research were collected under a total of 133 themes. Based on the determined themes, the opinions, and thoughts of the participants about the Ottoman Turkish lesson were included. According to the comparison made between the study groups, although there were students who stated the opposite, the most frequently mentioned situation by the students was "learning the past by learning Ottoman Turkish, establishing a connection between the past and the future, being able to read works from the past". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Proverbs are phrases that serve to effectively convey emotions and thoughts. A used proverb on the spot makes the narrative powerful and believable. The existence of proverbs is known since the first texts of Turkish. The history of bringing together proverbs as a medjmua goes back to the period of Old Anatolian Turkish. It is seen that the medjmuas of proverb has increased especially since the 16th century. Transcribed texts of numerous medjmuas containing Turkish proverbs have been published as articles, books, or papers. In addition, there are medjmuas of proverb that have not yet been transcribed. The medjmua of proverbs found between pages 66b-93a of a manuscript registered to the National Library of Germany with the number "Ms.or.quart 1502" is one of the medjmuas that have not been transcribed until today. In this article, proverbs in the relevant medjmua will be transcribed and some important explanations will be given related to the text. Thus, a new text will be added to the corpus of Turkish proverbs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Hāẕā Kitāb-ı Sarf-ı Türkî (h.e. 1201/c.e. 1786), which is registered with the number Ms. Diez A quart. 95 at the Berlin State Library Eastern Manuscripts Collection is a small Turkish grammar (morphology) book located between the 1b-10a pages. Between the 1b-7b pages of the work, the names of goods-tools, horse riding-harnesses, beverages, weapons, clothes, shoes, fabric, animals, food, fruits, organs, dwellings, plants-spices, paint, chemical substances are listed; afterwards, possessive suffixes of many of these names were given (except for the 3rd person singular possessive suffixes). Between the pages 7b-8a, simple and compound tense verb inflection examples are given. In the pages between 8b-10a of the work, the occupational titles of 18th-century Istanbul (193 titles) are listed under the subheading “Bâb u fî Beyân-ı Esnâfları”. Hāẕā Kitāb-ı Sarf-ı Türkî, which is the oldest grammar book after Müyessiretü'l-Ulûm (C.E. 1530), one of the Ottoman grammar books, is noteworthy as it includes the lexical and morphological features of 18th-century Turkish as well as it sheds light on the social and professional life of 18th century Istanbul and the daily life culture of the period. The purpose of this article is to introduce the work to the world of Turcology and to contribute to the studies on the 18thcentury Turkish. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research is intended to examine the information that is included in the "Mecmû'a-i Mûsik-íi I Zâbâ" work of Neş'e-i Dil Hamm's who was raised in adherence to the old Ottoman palace musical tradition by translating it with the highest accuracy possible from its original language, Ottoman Turkish, to modern Turkish. The authenticity of the information which comprises the definition of madam and tempo along with lyrics and poetry in the journal has been studied by investigating various resources. This research qualifies as a source of standardizing the similarities and diversenesses acquired as a result of the comparison between madam and tempo described in the studied journal and modem musical data. A complete translation of the journal to modern Turkish language is essential in terms of the evaluation of the asset of lyrics possessed nowadays. Therefore, it is considered that the use of this method in analyzing the journals written in the past centuries could provide a clearer perception. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]