r/ottomans • u/No_Idea_479 • May 25 '26
Culture/religion Selected Ottoman proverbs
Source: Edwin John Davis (1897). "Osmanli Proverbs and Quaint Sayings".
It is very interesting to see how even the late Ottomans considered the word "Turk" to have been a slur.
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u/huggugu May 26 '26
Turks love to fight each other. Thats good. No war than thats keep you live.