Published by the Ottoman Education and Culture Association to teach people the Ottoman language and advertise its accessibility, "Osmanlı Dergisi" (Ottoman Magazine) has reached a monthly sales figure of 15,000. The magazine was first published on a quarterly basis but is now issued every month and has been for the last two years.Board member of the Ottoman Education and Culture Association Mehmet Ali Akçaseven told Anadolu Agency that Osmanlı Dergisi has attracted a lot of readers in a very short period of time. The magazine writes that people can learn Ottoman in 15 minutes and Akçaseven adds that the first issues focused on the Ottoman alphabet and simple grammar.Akçaseven states the interest shown in their magazine has increased with many Ottoman language courses opening around Turkey. "The interest the readers have in our magazine turned out to be much greater than we initially expected. Due to huge demand, we decided to publish the magazine monthly after our first year," says Akçaseven. The magazine's content is shaped by readers' suggestions, including publishing epitaphs, which the magazine has done for the last couple of months. "We do not have any financial expectations from this magazine," says Akçaseven. "We do not seek a profit. We plan to turn this magazine into a publication that addresses people of every age. In view of this, we plan to prepare an Ottoman language magazine that will enable people to easily learn the language to enlarge our audience."According to Akçaseven, readers demand the magazine publish more articles about how to read epitaphs, land registry cadastres and use more illustrations. To ensure more readers, the board member says they take every reader's demand into consideration and are happy with the position the magazine has earned for itself over the last three years. He continues, "We aim to enrich the content of our publication and address more readers. At first, the magazine published almost 5,000 copies; however, the number of our readers is increasing daily. Currently, we are publishing 15,000 copies every month. Our primary aim is to reach 30,000 sales as soon as possible." Akçaseven also says they believe historical TV series' and films have increased interest in the Ottoman language. Stressing that those who want to unearth the depths of history developed a passion for Ottoman, he said, "Some people do not completely trust history books as well as the incidents described on TV and in films. There are many people who conduct studies in libraries after learning Ottoman." Akçaseven adds that a person who knows how to read the Quran can easily learn Ottoman as the alphabets used by the two are similar.