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Petition is a legal and administrative document that individuals or institutions write to official authorities to submit complaints or suggestions to offer. According to Article 74 of the Constitution of the Republic of Türkiye, every individual has the right to submit a petition writing regarding matters that concern them. Petitions play a significant role in initiating legal procedures, requesting actions and obtaining responses from administrative authorities. However, for petitions to be con

Arzuhalcilik emerged as a profession involving the drafting of arzuhaller, documents through which the public conveyed their requests, complaints, and petitions to authoritative bodies, particularly during the Ottoman period. The term derives from the Persian phrase “arz-ı hâl” (statement of condition), which gradually became widespread in Ottoman Turkish as “arzuhal” and acquired a meaning parallel to the modern concept of “dilekçe” (petition). Arzuhalciler served as the voice of the people, wo