The Corner — the studio’s memory chamber.
Türk Otağ is a software studio, yet it keeps a corner — a room where we write no code, only hold memory. Here are pages selected from the archive of a near-ten-thousand-year Turkic civilisation. Rulers, thinkers, calligraphers; tughras, mushafs, miniatures; epics, modes, stone inscriptions. Each on its own page, beneath its own seal.
— History —
- — Ruler —
Turkic Rulers
From the Asian Hun steppe to the Republic of Türkiye — seventeen dynasties, one hundred and fifty-two rulers.
17 dynasties · 152 rulers - — City —
Capitals
From the Orkhon steppe of Ötüken to the plateau of Ankara — the cities a throne has crossed.
17 capitals - — Stone —
Turkic Inscriptions
Tonyukuk, Kül Tigin, Bilge Khagan — three eighth-century steles.
3 steles
— Thought —
— Reed and paper —
- — Seal —
Tughra Gallery
From Orhan Gazi to Mehmed VI Vahideddin — the padishah's signature, the state's seal.
35 tughras - — Calligraphy —
Calligraphy Gallery
From Yāqūt to Hāmid Aytaç — the great masters of Ottoman calligraphy and a canonical work for each.
16 masters - — Miniaturist —
Miniature Gallery
From Behzâd to Levnî — the memory of a sovereignty upon paper.
11 miniaturists - — Mushaf —
Mushafs
From Shaykh Hamdullah to Hâmid Aytaç — copies where calligraphy meets illumination.
13 copies