Back مدرب السلحفاة Arabic مدرب السلحفاه ARZ Tısbağa tərbiyəçisi Azerbaijani Гөбөргәйелдәрҙе өйрәтеүсе Bashkir Der Schildkrötenerzieher German Ο Εκπαιδευτής της Χελώνας Greek El domador de tortugas Spanish مربی لاکپشت Persian Le Dresseur de tortues French A teknősidomár Hungarian
| The Tortoise Trainer | |
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| Turkish: Kaplumbağa Terbiyecisi | |
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| Artist | Osman Hamdi Bey |
| Year | 1906 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 221.5 cm × 120.0 cm (87.2 in × 47.24 in) |
| Location | Pera Museum, Istanbul |
The Tortoise Trainer (Turkish: Kaplumbağa Terbiyecisi) is a painting by Osman Hamdi Bey, with a first version created in 1906 and a second in 1907. Hamdi's painting of an anachronistic historical character attempting to train tortoises is usually interpreted as a satire on the slow and ineffective attempts at reforming the Ottoman Empire.