İbrahim Müteferrika

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İbrahim Müteferrika was an Ottoman diplomat, publisher, and intellectual best known for establishing the first Muslim-run printing press in the Ottoman Empire and promoting modernization and reform in the 18th century.

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İbrahim Müteferrika canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman diplomat ⓘ
intellectual ⓘ
person ⓘ
political thinker ⓘ
printer ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
activeIn 18th century ⓘ
advocated administrative reform in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
adoption of European scientific and technical knowledge ⓘ
military reform in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
birthPlace Cluj-Napoca ⓘ
Kolozsvár ⓘ
Principality of Transylvania ⓘ
citizenship Ottoman Empire ⓘ
convertedFrom Christianity ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Hungarian ⓘ
fieldOfWork Islamic theology ⓘ
cartography ⓘ
diplomacy ⓘ
geography ⓘ
political thought ⓘ
printing ⓘ
publishing ⓘ
founded Müteferrika printing press ⓘ
influenced Ottoman reformist intellectuals ⓘ
influencedBy European Enlightenment thought ⓘ
knownFor establishing the first Muslim-run printing press in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
introducing movable-type printing to the Ottoman Empire for non-religious works ⓘ
printing the first Ottoman Turkish books with movable type ⓘ
promoting modernization and reform in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Hungarian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
notableWork Cihannümâ (printed edition) ⓘ
Ottoman Turkish printed atlas and geographical works ⓘ
Usûlü’l-hikem fî nizâmi’l-ümem ⓘ
occupation cartographer ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
dragoman ⓘ
geographer ⓘ
political writer ⓘ
printer ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
printed religious-legal, historical, and geographical works in Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
printingPressType movable type printing press ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
role müteferrika (court officer) in the Ottoman palace ⓘ
significantEvent obtained imperial permission to operate a printing press for non-religious books in Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
workLocation Istanbul ⓘ

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Tulip Era → associatedWith → İbrahim Müteferrika ⓘ
Lale Devri → notableFigure → İbrahim Müteferrika ⓘ
Age of Tulips → notableFigure → İbrahim Müteferrika ⓘ