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[CAUCASUS THEATER / RUSSIA / THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE] Early six important photographs taken on the Caucasus Front of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78 showing the mass executions
[WORLD WAR I / RUSSIA / PROPAGANDA] "Hürriyetperver Rus donanmasi tarafindan Osmanli milletine ilân" [i.e. The proclamation for the Ottoman nation by the Russian navy]
[MANUSCRIPT / THE PROVISIONAL NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE SOUTHWESTERN CAUCASUS] Autograph historical document signed by the Minister of Internal Affairs of the State "Ali Riza", describing the aim of the new state, with bilingual and negative stamps...
[COLLABORATOR OR HERO: OTTOMAN ADMIRAL AGAINST TO RUSSIAN NAVY / BIOGRAPHY OF THE ADMIRALS] Harîta-i kapudânân-i deryâ. [i.e. The chart of the admirals]
["WEIRD ART OF A FRENCH NAMED DAGUERRE": DAGUERRE'S INVENTION IN THE FIRST OTTOMAN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER] Takvim-i Vekâyi: Def'a 186, fî 19 S[aban] sene 1255 [i.e. Calendar of events: No 186, October 28, 1839
[STAR ATLAS FOR THE OTTOMAN NAVIGATORS] Seyr-i sefâinde müstamel kevâkib atlasi: Kevâkib ne sûretle bulunur ve pusula tashihi ile mevkii-yi sefine tayininde nasil istimâl olunur? [i.e. The celestial atlas used in the navigation at sea:
[GOLTZ'S MEMORANDUM FOR THE OTTOMAN ARMY] Seferber zâbitâna mahsûs muhtira. [i.e. The memorandum for the mobilized officers]. Translated by Mahmud Sevket Pasa, (1856-1913)
[ACCOUNT OF THE OTTOMAN-VENETIAN NAVAL WAR] Tuhfetu'l-kibâr fî esfâri'l-bihâr. [i.e. The gift to the great ones on naval campaigns]
[TURKISH VIDOCQ] Esirrâ ile ilm-i mücâdele: Ânî bir traz tehlikesine karsi herkese ve bilhâssa jandarmaya, zâbita belediye me'murlari ile rüsûmât ve reji muhâfazâlarina pek elzem ve nâfi'dir. 93 aded [...] [i.e. Fighting evil]
[EARLY EROTICA / HOMOSEXUALITY] Defter-i ask, Hubannâme, Zenânnâme and Sevkengîz., Manzumetü'l-müsemma be-mihnet-kesan., Tuhfe-i Dilkes Nâli., Bülbülnâme., Kitab-i Nân ü halvâ [and] Nân û Pir Seyh., Gülsen-i ask
[KURDS & ARMENIANS] Diyarbekir Vilâyeti taksîmât-i mülkîyesi, sene 1927. [i.e. Administrative divisions of Diyarbakir Vilayat in 1927]
[THE 1730 PARIS PROCLAMATION OF OTTOMAN REVOLT] Le detrônement du Grand Turc... [i.e. The dethronement of the Grand Turk: With the relation of this terrible revolution, the grand visir..., and the story of a fire, which reduced 2000 houses to ashes].
[FIRST CATALOGUE OF THE SARCOPHAGI IN THE IMPERIAL OTTOMAN ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUMS] Müze-i Hümâyûn lühûd ve mekâbir-i atika katalogu
[FIRST SOKOLOVIC BIOGRAPHY IN ANY EUROPEAN & SLAVIC LANGUAGE] Sokolovitch. [i.e. Sokollus]. Translated from Turkish Mehmed Remzi Delitch.
[ATTRACTIVE UNIFORM BOOK OF THE OTTOMAN ARMY] Osmanli teskilât ve kiyafet-i askeriyesi.= L'Organisation et les uniformes de L'Armee Ottomanne (Depuis sa creation jusqu'a nos jours). 2 volumes set
[OTTOMAN PROCLAMATION FOR WORLD WAR I] Fetâvâ-yi Serîfe. Beyannâme-i Hümayun suretidir. [Holy fatawa: Ottoman State proclamation for WW I].SULTAN MEHMED RESAD, (1844-1918).; ENVER PASHA, (1881-1922).; SHEIKH AL-ISLAM [MUSTAFA] HAYRI AVNI AL-URGUBÎ, (.
[THE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT AND CHRONICLE OF THE HIGHEST PERIOD OF THE IMPERIAL OTTOMAN] Tarih-i Peçevî. 2 volumes set. [i.e. Pechevi's history].
[WORLD HISTORY BY HADJI KHALIFA] Fezleke-i Kâtib Chelebi. [i.e. The report of Hadji Khalifa]. 2 volumes set
[FIRST REPUBLICAN TURKISH THEORY ON THE REORGANIZING OF THE STOCK-EXCHANGES] Borsalarin tevhîdi meselesi hakkinda rapor. [i.e. Report on merging exchanges].
[FIRST BIOGRAPHY OF DARWIN IN OTTOMAN / TURKISH LITERATURE] Darvin. (Büyük Adamlar Serisi Cild 1 - Forma 30. Ibrahim Alâeddin Bey'in riyâseti altinda güzide bir hey'et-i ilmiyye tarafindan vücûde getirilmistir.
[FIRST MUSLIM / TURKISH OBJECTIONS TO DARWINISM] Maddiyûn [sic. Maddiyyûn-Madyûn] mezhebinin izmihlâli. Maddiyun mezhebiyle monizm ve felsefe-i müsbite mezheblerinin kesfiyât-i fenniye ve muhâkemat-i akliye ile red ve ibtali.
[THE FIRST PHYSICS TEXTBOOK PRINTED IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE] Usûl-i hikmet-i tabiiye.
[THE BOOK OF STARS: TURKISH FORTUNE TELLING WITH ZODIAC] Yildiznâme-i Hüseynî: Burûc ve ecrâm-i semaviyenin insanlar üzerindeki tesîrâtini, sark ve garb ulemâsinin bu husûsdaki netâyîc-i tedkîkâtini muhtevî simdiye kadar misli yazilmamis bir eserdir.
[AUSPICIOUS INCIDENT: THE EARLIEST ACCOUNT OF THE 'VAKA-YI HAYRIYYE' IN 1826 - REVOLTS & DISBANDMENT OF THE JANISSARIES] Üss-i zafer 1241. [i.e. The principle of victory 1826].