Archivum Ottomanicum concerns itself primarily with Ottoman history and Ottoman philology. However, the editors also welcome articles on subjects related to Ottoman studies in the history and culture of Europe, including in particular Danubian Europe, the Black Sea area and the Caucasus, and in the history and culture of the Arab and the Iranian lands, and Byzantium. The publication of historical documents and records and their interpretation are of special interest.

From the Contents:

- B. Kellner-Heinkele/K. Kayi: A season in Crete: Hafiz Nuri’s "Divan" as a source for life in the periphery during the Tanzimat period
- S. Kleinmichel: Mir Ališer Nava’i und Ahmed Paša
- F. Acun: Ottoman administrative priorities: Two case studies of Karahisar-I Sarki (Sebinkarahisar) and Giresun
- S. Conermann: Das Eigene und das Fremde. Der Bericht der Gesandtschaft Mustafa Rasihs nach St. Petersburg 1792-1794
- M. Kappler: Eine griechische Übersetzung (1664) von Giovanni Molinos „Brevi Rudimenti del Parlar Turchesco“