[Learn Turkish Home Page] [Beginners] [Table of Contents] [Questions or Comments]

[Habibullah Speaks!] [Latest website updates]

[Search the whole website] [Online Turkish word dictionary]

Identify this Ottoman Age Polymath To Jim and Peri's Commercial-free CD for Turkish Learning -- now with triple ebook bonus! Also available in Downloadable Broadband Edition Essential Suffixes Printed Book

Habibullah's Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire AND HER TIMES - U - Related Pages: Ottoman Empire Encyclopedia, Index Turkish Newsreaders Encyclopedic Dictionary, Index Turkish Culture -- Two Turkish traditions we especially like Turkish Culture -- 4 things you shouldn't do in Turkey Turkish Culture -- 5 things you should do in Turkey Turkish Superstitions Famous Femmes of Modern Turkish History Circumcision and what many Turks believe about Westerners Sultans and Concubines and Eunuchs, oh my...! Site visitors may navigate the encyclopedia using the Ottoman Empire Index or the Encyclopedia Sources Page. U Term Meaning Comments uçkur a belt, often quite elaborate and richly embroidered among the well-to-do used to secure the şalvar and/or the dizlik at the waist ulema Members of the learned religious establishment, including judges (kadı), specialists in the interpretation of the sharia (müfti), and teachers at higher institutions of Muslim education. The group of learned 'doctors' administrating Muslim canon law, tradition, theology in the Ottoman State. From the mid-16th Century onward, the head of the ulema was the Şeyhülislam. The first instance of this was during the reign of Süleyman I, when the sultan's old friend Ebussuud gained control of the ulema. Umur Bey Second son of the founder of the Aydın Dynasty, established (originally) near Izmir (Smyrna). Under Umur Bey, the Aydın Dynasty became a sea power. By means of his fleet, Umur was able to successfully raid Byzantine Thrace (in the 1330's). At times, his forces were enlisted as mercenaries by Pretenders to the Byzantine throne. Umur Bey was a contemporary of Osman I, The founder of the Ottoman Empire. usta (1) A lesser officer of the Janissaries. (2) A master in a craft guild or the bureaucracy. (3) A degree in the hierarchy of the Palace harem. (4) A women in charge of the servants and slaves. Uniformed Janissary usta90 Related Pages: Ottoman Empire Encyclopedia, Index Turkish Newsreaders Encyclopedic Dictionary, Index Turkish Culture -- Two Turkish traditions we especially like Turkish Culture -- 4 things you shouldn't do in Turkey Turkish Culture -- 5 things you should do in Turkey Turkish Superstitions Famous Femmes of Modern Turkish History Circumcision and what many Turks believe about Westerners Also: Turkish National Election, 2007 Newsreaders Encyclopedic Dictionary, Index Mature Foreign British Bride in Turkey Mature Foreign Swedish Bride in Turkey TIME laid low by True Believers Freedom of Speech gets a fiendish French Twist The God-Awful State of Turkish-American Relations Language-Learning Related Pages: Translating Turkish, the basics Essential Turkish Vocabulary Turkish Verbs Essential Idioms, Index Essential Suffixes, Index Sentence Structure, Standard Turkish Pronunciation Turkish Accenting Numbers in Turkish Other Turkish Difficulties Unrelated fun: Frequently asked questions about Turkey and the Turkish language Turkish Tongue Twisters Turkish for Kids Profiles of the Turkish People Sneeeezing in Turkish Turkish Terms Of Endearment Turkish Personal Names Politically Incorrect Turkish Humor Why Off-Color Turkish is important too Gossipy Turkish Who's Who Turkish Conventional and 'Erotik' Movies, Index We say softball, you say rounders... Mature Foreign British Bride in Turkey Mature Foreign Swedish Bride in Turkey

Please email us and tell us how we can improve the Learning Practical Turkish Web site.

© Learn Turkish of the People! -- Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire