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Recaizade Mahmud Ekrem’s contribution to Turkish literature, Araba Sevdası, addresses one of the most painful issues of the Tanzimat era: misguided Westernization. While the intellectuals of the period viewed modernization as salvation, a superficial, frivolous type emerged who perceived this process merely as a change in “appearance and lifestyle.” The most concrete literary embodiment of this type is Beyruz Bey. Indeed, his tragicomic demeanor and attitude are still today referred to in sociol

The Sixth Municipality District was a municipal organization established in 1857 in the Beyoğlu and Galata areas of the Ottoman Empire, based on Western municipal concepts and constituting the first example of the transition to a modern local governance system. This institution, which possessed a partially autonomous structure from the central government, was tasked with providing services in urban planning, sanitation, infrastructure, public order, and health, and was modeled after the French S

The Tortoise Trainer is a painting created by Osman Hamdi Bey in 1906. It is one of the artist’s most renowned works and is believed to offer an allegorical depiction of the modernization process of Ottoman society. Today, the painting is exhibited at the Pera Museum in Istanbul, Türkiye. Subject and Composition The painting depicts a man dressed in Ottoman-era attire, observing tortoises while holding a ney (a reed flute) in his hand and carrying a nakkare (a type of percussion instrument) on h

Abdullah Brothers (Abdullah Frères) is a photographic studio established in the 19th century in the Ottoman capital Istanbul by three Armenian brothers named Vichen (Abdullah Şükrü Efendi), Kevork, and Hovsep. Known as the official photographers of the Ottoman court, the Abdullah Brothers practiced photography in the capital and produced portraits of sultans, state officials, and prominent families. Jumu'ah Salutation at Hamidiye Camii, 1889–1902, Abdullah Brothers (Dilruba Kocaışık) " image-alt