The writing style adopted by the Turks after their conversion to Islam, which was written with Quranic letters, has been forgotten as it has generally not been used for a long time, and familiarity with this script has also been partially lost. Our Turkish language, predominantly referred to as Ottoman Turkish due to its use during the Ottoman period, has reached a point today where efforts are being made to learn it, and it is even being offered as an elective course in schools.

This encouraging situation makes the existence of workbooks aimed at learning it a necessity. The study you hold in your hands has been prepared both to serve as a means to learn Ottoman Turkish easily and to demonstrate through its exercises just how easy it is to learn. In essence, the greatest difficulty in learning is the mistaken idea that "learning Ottoman Turkish is difficult!"

BEGINNER LEVEL

The "Easy Reading Texts" series offers ample opportunity for practice for those who are just beginning to read in matbu (printed) and riq'a scripts.

It is suitable for history, literature, and archival departments of universities, as well as for Ottoman Turkish courses.