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Ottoman etiketine sahip kayıtlar gösteriliyor. Tüm kayıtları göster
Ottoman etiketine sahip kayıtlar gösteriliyor. Tüm kayıtları göster

Survey: Do you know who the Ottomans are ?

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Another month, another survey. As the title suggests, it's a fairly simple question. 82 participants were asked the question:

"Do you know who the Ottomans are?"

And the results are in :

An overwhelming majority!
 As you can see, 90.24 % of respondents (that is 74 people) answered yes while 9.76% of respondents (that is 8 people) answered no.

What is interesting is, that I had asked this question in two different areas. One was in a history forum and the other was in a local area. Surprisingly (and ironically), respondents here (in my local area) , a greater number of people have not heard of the Ottomans.  

The survey of the local area
 While it is good to see that the average person seems to know the Ottomans, I am , however, slightly disturbed by the fact that almost 40% of respondents didn't know who the Ottomans were (considering that they live in a Middle Eastern country that was a stone throw away from the old empire). 

I'm curious to know what my readers think of this gap ? What's the reason behind this ? 

Osman Hamdi Bey : An Ottoman Artist

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A self-portrait , made by Osman.
I've been 'introduced' to this great artist by a Turkish friend (Thanks Efendi ! You too, Bri!)

Kicking off Art & Culture month (which is till the 5th of March), let us start with perhaps, the best artist I know of, in the Ottoman World. Osman Hamdi Bey was born in 1842, in Constantinople.

In his lifetime, was an Ottoman statesman, intellectual, art expert and also a prominent and pioneering Turkish painter.

He was also an accomplished archaeologist, and is considered as the pioneer of the museum curator's profession in Turkey.

He was the founder of Istanbul Archaeology Museums and of İstanbul Academy of Fine Arts (Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi in Turkish), known today as the Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts.

This post is dedicated in his memory (he died on the 24th of February, 1910) and legacy:

 1. The Tortoise Trainer:

 
2. The Arms Seller:


 3. Girl Reciting Qur'an:

 4.Girl with yellow ribbon (Sarı Kurdelalı Kız):


5. Satranç/Chess:

 

 6.İlahiyatçı/theologian.


7. Gezintide Kadınlar:




8. (unknown)


 

9.Vazo Yerleştiren Kız./Lady who fit the vase:


This link (though in Turkish) contains many more pictures.