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February 14, 2026Digital Scholarship in the Humanities0 citations

Exploring the applicability of digital humanities tools to Ottoman and Turkish languages

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ATAyşe Tarhan

Key Points

  • This research seeks to evaluate existing digital humanities tools for their applicability to Turkish and Ottoman languages.
  • Examined twelve digital analysis tools based on text and network analysis.
  • Evaluated tools under categories like corpus, visualisation, and structure analysis.
  • Analyzed the suitability of algorithms for language and literature analysis.
  • Identified gaps in the current tools' applicability for Turkish and Ottoman languages.
  • Provided suggestions for adapting algorithms to better serve these languages.
  • Established the foundation for future tool development in Turkish and Ottoman language analysis.

Abstract

Abstract The first known computerised language and literature analysis was carried out by Father Roberto Busa in 1949; such studies have increased greatly after 1980, and today the tools are diversified with artificial intelligence. Unfortunately, except for a few minor studies, this development cannot be seen in the fields of Turkish and Ottoman languages. Therefore, as the first step in producing tools for Turkish and Ottoman, it is necessary to understand the algorithms of existing English-based tools and determine the applicability of these algorithms to the Turkish and Ottoman languages. In this study, twelve tools based on text and network analysis will be examined in terms of their suitability for Turkish and Ottoman. Tests on the tools will be evaluated under the headings of Corpus, Visualisation, Word Count, N-Grams, Structure Analysis, Network Analysis, and Labelling. The data obtained will be evaluated in terms of the suitability of the algorithms of the tools, and suggestions will be made for the algorithms that seem suitable for the Turkish and Ottoman language and literature analysis tool or tools to be developed in the future.

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Ayşe Tarhan (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/699011932ccff479cfe585c4https://doi.org/10.1093/llc/fqag002
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