The aim of this course is to provide students with the correct reading of various Ottoman archival documents and to comprehend the ways of producing information from the relevant document. In summary, it is to teach the use of Ottoman chronicles and archival documents as a data source by reading them. It is a continuation of the Ottoman Archival Sources and Diplomatics I course and the importance of archival documents in historiography will be emphasized with examples selected from millions of archival documents.

In addition to the content of Ottoman Archival Sources and Diplomatics I course, in order to introduce 600 years of Ottoman archives as well as possible, this course will provide information about the use of these documents in historical studies by showing as many examples of documents as possible. In this context, Mübahat Kütükoğlu's The Language of Ottoman Documents is the most important reference work that can be used throughout the semester for this course. Apart from this, the facilities of the Presidential Archives will be utilized.