Comment by kopollo

1 month ago

I don't know if this is related to the topic, but GPT5 can convert an 1880 Ottoman archival photograph to English, and without any loss of quality.

My friend works in that period of Ottoman archives. Do you have a source or something I can share?

  • Yes here: https://katalog.devletarsivleri.gov.tr/

    Here you will find all official resources provided by the Turkish state. You can register as a foreign citizen and conduct research. However, knowing Turkish is a great advantage. You can find more accurate documents by searching in the summaries, because all documents are archived with a short Turkish explanation - a summary. Also, most scanned images you want to download are paid.

    • Oh yeah I guess he researches at the one you're talking about in Istanbul. I actually was asking about a source for where you saw it translating ottoman, I thought you'd seen an article or something I could share to him. Sounds like you're the primary source though and I guess you already know him if you're both working there! Haha