01OVERVIEW
Front Matter
SCRIPT · PROFILE
Ottoman Turkish Script
Arabic-based script used for Turkish in the Ottoman Empire (1299–1928).
Arabic-based script used for Turkish in the Ottoman Empire (1299–1928). A complex system mixing Arabic, Persian, and Turkish elements. Officially abolished overnight when Mustafa Kemal Atatürk switched to the Latin alphabet in just 3 months in 1928. This reform made 600 years of Ottoman literary heritage effectively unreadable to modern Turks, creating a profound rupture between Turkey and its own history.
04SPECIMEN
The Letters
Signs · Unicode · TypesSample GlyphsClick to copy
Glyph evolution
Form change over time
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06MECHANICS
Reading Mechanics
Direction · Method↔
Direction
Right to Left (RTL)
Written right to left.
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System
Abjad
⌨
Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
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07LINEAGE
The Lineage
Family · DescendantsPhylogeny
Ancestors & descendants
Phylogeny
08REACH