| Summary: | <p align="justify">Part of Turkish people who settled in Anatolia before 1071 had accepted Christianity and learned Hellenic script. Thus, they have generated a literature with this script. Turkish people who lived in Anatolia and didn’t know any other language except Turkish and members of the Eastern Orthodox Church are called Karaman Turks or Karamans. It has been understood that Seljuks and Ottomans have not interference to their religion. Besides literature, Karaman Turks have been used Hellenic scripts on house appliances, gravestones, religional and civilian structures. Turkish inscriptions that typing Hellenic script are so important in terms of Turkish language, culture and history. Accordingly, we have made case studies in Konya, Niğde, Kayseri, Ankara, Mersin, Isparta, Antalya, Nevşehir, İstanbul, Antalya, Tokat, Ordu, Zonguldak etc. and tried to evaluate and read situated inscriptions. Also we have tried to determine the script they used and texts’ language characteristics.</p>
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