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Notable Turkish philosophers, scientists and scholars include:
Kâtip Çelebi, or Ḥājjī Khalīfa ; was a Turkish polymath and author of the 17th-century Ottoman Empire. He compiled a vast universal bibliographic encyclopaedia of books and sciences, the Kaşf az-Zunūn, and wrote many treatises and essays. “A deliberate and impartial historian… of extensive learning”, Franz Babinger hailed him "the greatest encyclopaedist among the Ottomans."
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Ottoman Empire: