Ottoman archives are so rich they force rewriting most Ottoman historiography

Evidence

The treasures of the Turkish archives are now fairly easily accessible in the physical sense. All that is necessary is to obtain permission from the Prime Minister’s Office in Ankara, and it is now usually given to bona fide scholars. Though the catalogue is far from complete, sufficient material is already listed and accessible to occupy generations of researchers and to impose a rewriting of most of what has been written on Ottoman history. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 1991 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Ottoman archives could rewrite most existing Ottoman historiography. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting…, 1991; Ottoman archives offer more material than Western-trained scholars have used.; Ottoman archives remain barely catalogued and could force a rewriting of the field

Broader Connections

• Ottoman archives could rewrite most existing Ottoman historiography. #corroborates (0.95) — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 1991