From court advocates to members of the Court of Cassation, these business cards of legal professionals, some with handwritten notes on the back, show how titles, script and printing changed over time.
Business card of Attorney Mahmûd Celâleddîn
Date: before 1928
Ottoman Turkish business card of Attorney Mahmûd Celâleddîn, bearing the title "Ticâret-i bahriye müdîriyeti müşâvir avukatı" (consulting attorney to the Directorate of Maritime Trade).
Business card of court advocate Muhammed Fahrettin
Date: before 1928
Ottoman Turkish business card of court advocate (dava vekili) Muhammed Fahrettin, with the title "Mülga İâşe Encümeni Hukuk Müşaviri" (legal counsel to the abolished Provisioning Committee). The second image is a post that adds a transliteration of the card.
Business card of Attorney Avram Naum
Date: before 1928
Business card of the poet and lawyer Avram Naum (1878–1947). A graduate of the Darülfünun Faculty of Law, Naum saw his poems published in the magazines Malumat, Mektep and Servet-i Fünûn.
Business card of Attorney Ali Fahri
Date: first quarter of the 20th century
Business card reading "Attorney Ali Fahri" in Ottoman script.
Business card of M. Ziyaettin, criminal judge in Bergama
Date: after 1928
Business card of M. Ziyaettin, criminal judge in Bergama; on the back is a note beginning "Bihi – Sevgili Bey Babacığım; pek göresim geldi derken geldiniz.." ("Bihi – My dear father, just as I was longing to see you, you came..").
Business card of Attorney Ahmed Râif
Date: 1928 (note on the back)
Business card of Attorney Ahmed Râif, signed by the calligrapher Hamid Aytaç. The handwritten note on the back is dated 1928.
Business card of Ord. Prof. Dr. Ali Fuat Başgil
Date: undated
Business card of Ord. Prof. Dr. Ali Fuat Başgil, printed in French.
Business card of Lütfi Tan, member of the Court of Cassation
Date: 1945 (note on the back)
Business card reading "Lütfi Tan, Member of the Court of Cassation, Ankara"; the handwritten note on the back begins "I have received your letter dated 20/10/1945...".
Business card of Cemal Dirik, member of the Court of Cassation
Date: 1970s
Business card of Cemal Dirik, member of the Seventh Civil Chamber of the Court of Cassation, from the 1970s.
