ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 1142
http://www.s-gabriel.org/1142
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From: "S Friedemann" 
26 Aug 1998

Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel!

You wanted to know if <Beste>, <Beyza>, <Bensu>, and <Betil> were Turkish
feminine names used between 1000 and 1600.  You also wanted to know if there
are any other Turkish name resources available on the web.  Here is the
information we have found.

Unfortunately, none of our members has information about Turkish names.  You
can get some information on Turkish names from histories of Turkey.  If
possible, see if the author discusses how the names are presented; many
authors standardize or otherwise alter the forms of the names they use.  It
also pays to see if any of the entries are dated.  This is not an ideal way
to find names, but it's the best approach we can suggest.  If you learn
anything that might be helpful, please let us know!

We do not know of any resources on the web that are reliable for pre-1600
Turkish naming.  In particular, the site you found,
http://www.panix.com/~eren/namebook/, is a modern baby-name list, with no
information about when the names were used.

We're sorry that this letter could not be more useful to you, and hope that
you will not hesitate to write again if any part was unclear or if you have
further questions.  Research and commentary on this letter was provided by
Walraven van Nijmegen, Arval Benicoeur, and Pedro de Alcazar.

For the Academy,
--Arianuia filia Catmaili