This course is mostly focused on reading printed and handwritten Ottoman documents such as archives, newspapers, chronicals and etc. There can be aditional reading materials due to the interest of students according to their field of study. The lessons will start with the most common handwriting style called Rik’a and will continue to read other handwriting styles such as Celi, Sülüs, Divani. In addition to that, Old Ottoman Turkish Grammar (14th- 15th. century) will be taught and its some specific documents will be read such as The cronical of Seljuk-name.