New Database Subscription –Muteferriqa-

The University has subscribed to Muteferriqa database until December 31, 2025.

About Muteferriqa:

• It contains an exceptionally rich collection of printed materials published in the Ottoman Empire from the 18th to mid-20th century.
• It opens new roadways in Ottoman and Turkish studies, and also Middle East studies.
• It paves the way for interdisciplinary collaboration in historical research through its English and Turkish language support.

URL: https://portal.muteferriqa.com/

Muteferriqa consists of two main collections: Periodicals and Books.

 • Periodicals Collection: Approximately 1,500 titles, 96,000 issues, 1 million pages

• Books Collection: More than 30,000 titles, nearly 6 million pages

• Both full text and metadata can be searched in Arabic and Latin-based alphabets. For example, users can search for the keyword "statue" by typing "statue" in English, "heykel" in Turkish, or "هيكل" in Ottoman Turkish.

• Images from both collections can be queried and viewed independently. Users can search images using image descriptions of their content or image category tags, and can also discover new images based on image similarity.

• Support for Latin-script Turkish and English makes the treasury of Ottoman printed resources accessible to those who cannot read texts in the old alphabet and who do not know Turkish at all.

• You can search and read in your preferred language.