Private collection of Ali Fuat Türkgeldi
Held by Ottoman Archives of the Prime Minister’s Office (BOA)
Identity area
| Reference | TR-BOA/HSD-AFT |
| Title | Private collection of Ali Fuat Türkgeldi |
| Covering dates | 1670-01-01-1961-12-31 |
| Dates Start | 1670-01-01 |
| Dates End | 1961-12-31 |
| Level of description | Fonds |
| Extend and medium | Global extent: 1467 units; 1 selected and described item |
Context area
| Repository | Ottoman Archives of the Prime Minister’s Office (BOA) |
| Name of creator(s) | Ali Fuat Türkgeldi (AFT) |
| Archival history | This collection was bought from Ali Fuat Türkgeldi’s granddaughter, Gülbin Türkgeldi, on December 6, 1991. |
Content and structure area
| Description | This catalogue consists in the private collection of Ali Fuat Türkgeldi, who worked at different state offices such as Interior Chief Secretary of Ministry of Interior the Councillor of Ministry of Interior and the Imperial Council Directory Office of Finance and Public Works (Şura-yı Devlet Maliye ve Nafia Dairesi Başkanlığı) since 1907. The fonds includes 3.167 documents, 19 notebooks, 60 paintings and an album. The starting and ending Hijri dates for this collection are: 1080-1380. |
| Accruals | The collection is closed. |
Conditions of access and use
| Conditions governing access | Subject to the authorization of Ottoman Archives of the Prime Minister’s Office (BOA) |
| Finding aids | The finding aid available for this collection is an inventory. |
Allied materials area
| Publication notes | To be completed. |
Catalogue references area
| Rules or conventions | International standard for archival description, General, etc. |
| Date of the catalogue | Catalogue prepared on [2016-2017] - revised on March 2018. |
| Archivist's notes | Description of a unique item from the Private collection of Ali Fuat Türkgeldi (1670-1961), held by Başbakanlık Osmanlı Arşivi (Istanbul), made by Yasemin Avci, Katerina Stathi, [others], 2017. |
| Sources | http://www.archives.openjerusalem.org/index.php/private-collection-of-ali-fuat-turkgeldi?sf_culture=en |