Andrew Carnegie 1927 Ottoman Script Turkish Biography Booklet Turkey

Andrew Carnegie 1927 Ottoman Script Turkish Biography (Great Men Series No. 5)

Description:
This is a rare 1927 Turkish biography booklet about the industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, published as part of the “Büyük Adamlar Serisi” (Great Men Series) this being No. 5 in the collection.

What makes this publication especially significant is its historical and linguistic context. It was printed just one year before the Turkish alphabet reform of 1928, during the early years of the Turkish Republic. As such, it is written in the Ottoman Turkish script, which uses a modified Arabic alphabet, rather than the Latin-based Turkish alphabet adopted after the reform.

This makes the booklet a rare and transitional artifact a product of the new republic still printed in the script of the old empire. It captures a unique moment in Turkish publishing history where modern content met classical form.

Key Features:

• Subject: Andrew Carnegie

• Series: Büyük Adamlar Serisi (Great Men Series) – No. 5

• Year: 1927 (pre-alphabet reform)

• Language: Ottoman Turkish (Arabic script)

• Format: Biography booklet

• Significance: Published during the early Turkish Republic, before the 1928 alphabet reform

• Condition: Good, Minor edge wear 

This booklet is not only a biographical document about a major Western figure, but also a collectible artifact from the final chapter of Ottoman-script publishing. A wonderful piece for collectors of Turkish history, rare books, and the cultural echoes of modernization.