Transciription of Nevsâl-i Askeriye

ThetermAlmanacs is usedtodescribeworks of art whichconsistthepreviousyearspolitic, agricultural, commercial, medical, pharmacological, naval, military, historical, literaryandbiographicalincidents? summaries, generallyincidents of previousyears? orlastyearsincidents. ThetranslatedworkNevsâl-i Askeriye is work of Mehmet Tevfik of Selanik. IntheAlmanacthereareusefulmilitaryinformationandsomedescriptionswithillustrations. It is a significantwork in terms of itsdetaileddescriptions of incidents since thebeginning of theOttomanHistoryuntilitswritingdate. Inthework, it firstshowsthedescriptions of badgesandmedals, andlater it showdetaileddescriptions of thequantity of usedmaterialsduringwarsandsoldiers. It is pointedout in theworkaboutsignificance of themarksmanshipandloyalty of ottomantsoldiers, moreovertheinformationsabout how thesoldiersaretrainedandwherethesoldiersaretrained. Inadditiontothis, thestructure of EuropeanMilitary, thequantity of Europeanmilitarystaff, themilitaryequipments, andthemarksmanship of europeansoldiersarecomparedwithOttomanmilitaryinformation. Keywords: Nevsâl-i Askeri, Selanikli Mehmed Tevfik.