Osmanlıca Öğreniyorum: Mekteb

Are you ready to unlock the doors of history and explore the cultural heritage of our glorious ancestors with modern technology?

Mekteb-i Osmanlı is a new generation mobile education academy that teaches Ottoman Turkish from scratch, step by step, and through a completely gamified adventure, leaving behind boring and classical memorization methods. Whether you want to read printed books or decipher the Rika handwritten documents and historical decrees in state archives... Everything you need to learn Ottoman Turkish is in this school!

Thanks to its advanced JIT infrastructure, we offer a fluent Ottoman Turkish lessons and education experience with razor-sharp clarity on all devices without freezing or lagging.

Why Mekteb-i Osmanlı?

👑 Gamified Education Roadmap:

Progress by breaking the seals in the lesson tree, starting from scratch and progressing to advanced levels. Test yourself with "Seal Exams" every 3 lessons, increase your rank as you succeed, and reach the title of "Palace Scribe"! Our educational content is suitable for users of all levels who say "I'm learning Ottoman Turkish."

✍️ Touchscreen Writing Canvas (Practice Screen):
Learn the fluid curves of Ottoman Turkish letters not just by looking, but by drawing them on the screen with your finger. Our interactive practice canvas instantly analyzes your drawings and helps you easily grasp correct writing.

📸 Hatt-I Camera (AI-Powered OCR Scanner):
Scan the tombstones, inscriptions, or Ottoman Turkish texts you encounter in historical sites, mosques, or libraries with your camera! Our smart scanner, supported by Google ML Kit, instantly analyzes the texts and presents the words and their meanings.

📖 Printed, Riqa, and Palace Archives Lessons:
Our application consists of three major advanced training stages:
- Section I (Printed): Basic alphabet rules, Ottoman Turkish letters, and practice reading printed texts. - Section II (Rika): The secrets of letter conversion and word cards for everyday fast handwriting (Rika script).

- Chapter III (Palace Archives): Puzzles to decipher documents written in Divani script and original sultan's decrees.

🔎 Smart Dictionary (Ottoman Turkish Dictionary):
Instantly search for unfamiliar words while practicing reading. Learn the Turkish meanings, origins, and transcriptions of words in seconds thanks to our rich dictionary of thousands of words, and save your favorites to your personal archive.

🔥 Daily Streak and XP System:
Practice Ottoman Turkish by dedicating just 5 minutes each day, maintain your streak, and take your place on the leaderboard with the XP points you earn.

Starting with the letter "Elif," you'll see that the lessons will follow easily. Once you complete the interactive lessons in our app, you will be able to decipher historical documents from the first line, and easily read and understand Ottoman Turkish texts. Download Mekteb-i Osmanlı now to discover the aesthetics of the past with modern technology!