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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