Foundations are at the forefront of the institutions developed by the Ottomans. Considering the needs of people and even other beings, the Ottomans established foundations in many fields from education to arts, from health to public works, from culture to trade and finance.One of the types of foundations included in the foundations and accepted as the original inventions of the Ottomans is the cash foundations (vakf-ı nukud). One of the distinctive features of the Ottomans that distinguishes the ...