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The Genealogy of the Erverdi Family is a significant work that brings to light the historical roots and cultural heritage of the family of Ezel Erverdi. The book focuses on two endowment deeds of the family’s founder, Kazzazzâde Mehmed Efendi, and the family’s genealogy, offering a detailed examination of the family’s history and the waqf culture of the Ottoman period. In this study, Ezel Erverdi presents historical documents of his family to readers, carrying the traces of the past into the pre

Death among the Altai Turks is the Turkish translation of a 1963 work by French Turkologist Jean-Paul Roux. Published in November 2023 by Dergâh Yayınları as part of its History series, the book offers a comprehensive analysis of the Altai peoples’ conceptions of death and their death practices.Subject and ContentThe book examines how death is understood in Altai societies and the social functions of beliefs and rituals surrounding death. Roux emphasizes that death is not perceived as annihilati