[FIRST SCI-FI IN TURKISH] Baska dünyalarda canli mahlûkât var midir, yâhûd, fizik, kimya, ilm-i hayât nokta-i nazarinda... [i.e. Are there alive creatures in other worlds?].

OSMAN NURI [ERALP], (1876-1940)., Darü'l-Hilâfetü'l-Aliyye / Sirket-i Mürettibiye Matbaasi., Istanbul, [AR 1334] = 1918. COMPLETE TITLE: [FIRST SCI-FI IN TURKISH] Baska dünyalarda canli mahlûkât var midir, yâhûd, fizik, kimya, ilm-i hayât nokta-i nazarindan seyyârâtda serâit-i hayâtiyenin tedkîki (Beseriyetin Fenden Sordugu Suâller 1). [i.e. Are there alive creatures in other worlds?]. Original pictorial wrappers. Demy 8vo. (22 x 15 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 59 p., 23 unnumbered b/w plates. Occasionally fading on pages. Otherwise a very good copy.First edition of this extremely rare first science fiction book discusses the biological probability of the possibility of life on planets in the Solar System, with semi-fictional texts, in the light of scientific knowledge at the time of publication.Osman Nuri Eralp was a Turkish veterinarian and microbiologist. Eralp was born in Istanbul in the Ottoman Empire. He completed his university education at "Mekteb-i