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<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>The project was started in 2019 by Sadi Özgür, lecturer of Department of History, <a href="/facts/Istanbul_Ayd%25C4%25B1n_University/HLK7M0kP">Istanbul Aydın University</a> in collaboration with Harun Tuncer. The library consists of a detailed account of <a href="/facts/Ottoman_literature/SN1d65fv">Ottoman literature</a>, social and <a href="/facts/Culture_of_the_Ottoman_Empire/NqgHzSsg">cultural life</a>, and political environment.
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<h2 id="digitization">Digitization</h2>
<p>Document digitization involves scanning the document at high resolution. Documents already digitized can be uploaded directly. 
</p><p>Once uploaded, documents are run through <a href="/facts/Optical_character_recognition/kdTyxa1l">optical character recognition</a> (OCR) to extract the text. The text is indexed, and the documents become searchable as <a href="/facts/Latin_alphabet/pqWVHpBz">Latin alphabet</a> and Arabic texts.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
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<h2 id="other-works">Other works</h2>
<p>The <a href="/facts/Turkish_vocabulary/pKNv7Kwu">Turkish dictionary</a> titled <i>el-Hazînetü'l-Azîziye fi'l-Lügati'l-Osmâniyye</i> by <a href="/facts/James_Redhouse/pSo4Lv4E">Sir James Redhouse</a> was lost for a time. It was discovered and digitized. Redhouse took twenty years to create that dictionary in 10 volumes.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>
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<h2 id="recognition">Recognition</h2>
<p>Wikilala was awarded Innovative Initiative of the Year Award by the Turkish <a href="/facts/Ministry_of_Culture_and_Tourism_(Turkey)/AJNXSWA3">Ministry of Culture and Tourism</a> in April 2021 for its role in preserving Ottoman history.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>
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<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Aa, Daily Sabah With (2021-04-02). "Digital Turkish libraries: Ottoman, int'l resources just a click away". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2022-01-30. <a href="https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/digital-turkish-libraries-ottoman-intl-resources-just-a-click-away/news" target="_blank">https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/digital-turkish-libraries-ottoman-intl-resources-just-a-click-away/news</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>IHA, Daily Sabah with (2021-04-23). "WikiLala, 'Google' of Ottoman-Turkish documents, launches in full". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2022-01-30. <a href="https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/wikilala-google-of-ottoman-turkish-documents-launches-in-full/news" target="_blank">https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/wikilala-google-of-ottoman-turkish-documents-launches-in-full/news</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"WikiLala Projesi nedir?". Son Dakika Haber (in Turkish). 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2022-01-30. <a href="https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/wikilala-projesi-nedir-41744640" target="_blank">https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/wikilala-projesi-nedir-41744640</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"Redhouse'un 10 ciltlik kayıp Türkçe sözlüğü bulundu". KARAR (in Turkish). 2022-01-22. Retrieved 2022-01-30. <a href="https://www.karar.com/kultur-sanat-haberleri/redhouseun-10-ciltlik-kayip-turkce-sozlugu-bulundu-1648348" target="_blank">https://www.karar.com/kultur-sanat-haberleri/redhouseun-10-ciltlik-kayip-turkce-sozlugu-bulundu-1648348</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"Osmanlı hazineleri rafta kalmayacak". turkiyegazetesi.com.tr (in Turkish). 5 April 2021. Retrieved 2022-01-30. <a href="https://m.turkiyegazetesi.com.tr/kultursanat/779948.aspx" target="_blank">https://m.turkiyegazetesi.com.tr/kultursanat/779948.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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