concerns itself primarily with Ottoman history and Ottoman philology. However, the editors also welcome articles on subjects related to Ottoman studies in the history and culture of Europe, including Danubian Europe, the Black Sea area and the Caucasus, and in the history and culture of the Arab and the Iranian lands as well as Byzantium. The publication of historical documents and records and their interpretation are of special interest. From the contents (altogether 18 contributions): , A Peculiar Ottoman Institution: Feragat (Renunciation) , “Tımışvar” İsmi Üzerine Bazı Notlar , Living in a City of Migrants: The Risale-i Garibe on Difference and Belonging in Early Modern Istanbul , Avusturyalı Mukim Elçi Heinrich von Penkler’e Veda Ziyareti Münasebetiyle Sultan III. Osman Tarafından Verilen Nâme-i Hümâyun (1755) , Loyalties and Education: The Medical and Other Studies of Sarantis Archigenes/ Arşizen at the Time of Early Ottoman Modernization (1809–1842) , From Turanians to Finno-Ugrians: A Transformation of Identity , Refugium Peccatorum? The Avatars of French-speaking Turanism (Second Half of the Nineteenth Century)weiterlesen