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[THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE BOOK ON HOCKEY IN TURKISH] هوكەی: تاریخچه بینالملل هیئت متحده / Hokey: Tarihçe - Beynelmilel Hey’et-i Müttehide nizâmnâmesi... [i.e., Hockey: History - Regulations of the International Unified Committee - Rules of competition]
[THE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT OF THE BOSNIAN FRONTIER WARS OF 1736-1739 BETWEEN OTTOMAN - AUSTRIAN AND RUSSIAN EMPIRES] Ahvâl-i gazavât der diyâr-i Bosna (Tarih-i Bosna der zaman-i Hekimzâde Ali Pasa).
[THE FIRST HISTOLOGY BOOK IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE] علم انساج طبیعیّه / Ilm-i ensâc-i tabiiye: Osmanli TibFakültesi ilm-i ensâc ve mübahis [i.e., The science of natural diseases: The science of natural Diseases and Debates at the Ottoman Faculty of Medicine]
[THE FIRST ISTANBUL GOVERNOR OF THE REPUBLICAN PERIOD] Autograph document signed 'Istanbul vâlisi '; sent to the last Ottoman chief of the state council, Mehmed Tevfik Bey [Biren], (1867-1956).
[THE FIRST MODERN OTTOMAN PSYCHIATRIST AGAINST SPIRITISM] سپرىتىزمه علىهنده: علوم مستوره مراقلىلرىنه / Spiritizma aleyhinde: Ulûm-i mestûre meraklilarina. [i.e. Against Spiritism]
[THE FIRST MODERN POPULAR MEDICAL JOURNAL BY TURKEY'S FIRST PSYCHIATRIST] Sihhî sahifeler: Sihhî ve içtimâî aylik mecmua. Nos 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (of 36) (15 February - 15 June 1923). [i.e., Pages on health].
[THE FIRST OFFICIAL MEDICAL JOURNAL OF THE NEW REPUBLIC] Hastahâne: Aylik tibbî mecmua = Hôpital: Revue medicale mensuelle. Nos: 2, 3, 6, 8, 19, 29-33, and the last issue in Latin script (11 issues of 39). [i.e., Hospital: A monthly medical journal.]
[THE FIRST POPULAR SCIENCE MAGAZINE OF THE REPUBLICAN PERIOD / IMPORTANT AND VERY RARE TURKISH MAGAZINES] Tabiat âlemi: Fen ve sanayiin terakkisinden bahseden aylik resimli Türk mecmuasidir. Kânûn-i Evvel 1925 - Kânûn-i Evvel 1926. = Tabiatt Alemi
[THE FIRST PRINTED SYRIAC & ARMENIAN GRAMMAR & ALPHABET / THE FIRST ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTION OF BASSOON] Introductio in Chaldaicam lingua[m], Syriaca[m], atq[ue] Armenica[m], dece[m] alias linguas. . Characterum differentiu Alphabeta, circiter quadraginta,
[THE FIRST PRINTED TURKISH BOOK ON ANTIDOTES / THE 1849 HEJAZ & YEMEN EXPEDITION] پانزهیرنامه / Panzehirnâme. [i.e., The book of antidote potions]
[THE FIRST PRINTING HOUSE IN HIJAZ / THE FIRST MECCA EDITION / A COMMENTARY ON THE QASÎDA-I BURDA] Is'ad Bânet Su'âd serhi... [i.e., Es’ad’s commentary on Bânat Su’âd, [.] and a commentary on the Qasîdat al-Burda]
[THE FIRST PRIVATE NEWS AGENCY OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE / WARTIME EPHEMERA / JUDAICA] Osmanli Telgraf Ajansi = Agence Telegraphique Ottomane, Pera - Constantinople. Douzieme Edition du 13 Aôut 1914 [Bulletin]
[THE FIRST PUBLICATION ON GYNAECOLOGY / THE MULTIPLE FIRSTS / INNOVATIONS IN TURKISH MEDICINE] تحفة الطب / Tuhfetü’t-tib. Zilkadde 1, 15 & Zilhicce 1, [AH] 1284, Year 1. Nos: 5, 6, 7. [i.e., Innovations in medicine]
[THE FIRST PUBLICATION TO WAGE WAR AGAINST COCAINE & HEROIN] Kokain - Heroin. [i.e., Cocaine & heroin]
[THE FIRST SARCOPHAGUS AND TOMBS CATALOGUE OF THE IMPERIAL OTTOMAN ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUMS] Müze-i Hümâyûn lühûd ve mekâbir-i atika katalogu.
[THE FIRST SOVIET POWER STATION IN TRANSCAUCASIA / ELECTRIFICATION] Загэс / ZAGES (Zemo-Avchaly Hydroelectric Station)
[THE FIRST TRAVEL ACCOUNT OF AUSTRALIA BY A TURKISH TRAVELLER] Avusturalya seyahati [i.e., Voyage to Australia]. With a preface by Tahsin Demiray
[THE FIRST TURKISH BOOK ON HOMOSEXUALITY FROM A MEDICAL PERSPECTIVE / LESBIANS / MASTURBATION / ONANISM] دلك و تماس و ظرفآلر / Delk ü temâs ve zürefâlar. Tibbî ve Mahrem Musâhabeler Külliyâti No. 2. [i.e., Friction and bodily contact, and the lesbians]
[THE FIRST TURKISH TRANSLATION OF 'HAMLET' AFTER THE REPUBLIC] Danimarka prensi Hamlet (Cihan Edebiyatindan Nümuneler). Translated by Kâmuran Serif.
[THE FIRST VETERINARY JOURNAL OF THE TURKISH REPUBLIC] عسگری طب بیطری مجموعسی / Askerî tib baytârî mecmuasi: Müdafaa-i Milliye Vekâleti... The last 12 issues (of 108). December 1928 - November 1928. Nos: 1-12. (The last 12 issues)
[THE FRENCH AND BRITISH CONFLICTS ON EGYPTIAN REGION] Affaires du Haut-Nil et du Bahr-el-Ghazal, 1897-1898 (Documents Diplomatiques) [i.e. Upper Nile and Bahr-el-Ghazal Affairs, 1897-1898 (Diplomatic Documents)]
[THE GODFATHER OF TURKISH CARTOONISTS] Original hand-drawning three strip cartoon plates of 'Utanmaz Adam' by Oguz Aral.
[THE GRECO-TURKISH WAR MAP ON A SILK HANDKERCHIEF MADE IN YILDIZ PALACE] Devlet-i Aliyye ve Yunan Muhaberebesi. Engraved map of the Greco-Turkish War in 1897 on a silk handkerchief made in Yildiz Palace in the period of Sultan Abdulhamid II.