Tarih-i Osman Encümeni Konya ubesi’nin A l ve Vali Arifi Pa a’n n Nutku

Historic Ottoman Committee was founded in Istanbul in 1909, but had branches. One of its branches was opened in June1911 in Konya. This shows that Konya was taken into consideration and its historical and cultural richness. In opening ceremonyof Konya branch Konya Governor Arifi Pasha gave a speech.Historic Ottoman Committee Konya branch was opened. There is an archive document about this. Accordingly, in Konyacentre province, under presidency of elebi Efendi the branch was opened and the decision of appointment was sent to Konya in20 June 1911. The branch was opened With the aim of investigating current artifacts and old historical structures. Official openingwas carried out by committee members along governor of Konya. First meeting and discussions continued till thirty past ten.There are some treatises written by historians and scientist who investigate history separately. Besides, some investigationscarried out systematically and in coordination were also available. From this aspect, Historic Ottoman Committee has animportant part in these kinds of investigations. As the committee worked only for this aim, the pieces yielded by it wereimportant. The committee, improved historiography by publishing historical documents and information, was founded in 1909.The information about Ottoman history can be reached from some works such as archive documents, annuals, writings innewspapers and magazines, and translations. Sources that supply important information about Ottoman Empire’s political,martial, social, economical, and cultural structure show us the different sides of historical events. The quantitative abundance ofhistorical sources means wealth in terms of validating historical events and interpreting them.The recordings of otoman history were kept first during Fatih Sultan Mehmet period. During this period and laterhistoriographers contributed historiography. Ottoman historiography shaped by depending on narrative historiography custom.The events were told in a story type and the events were put in order. Officially historiography started in XVIII. Century but wecan see some former gannals or chronicle. During this time and later Pe evi, Nima, Lütfi Pasha, and Mahmut Celaleddin Pashawere among the people who wrote about Ottoman history. Ahmet Cevdet Pasha, on the other hand, lived in XIX. Century andbesides working in areas such as education, politics, and law, he was also a historiographer. In Privy Council, he was appointed towrite history by Mustafa Re it Pasha. In his book Cevdet Pasha wrote the years between 1768 and 1826.Ismail Hakk Uzun ar