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 The publication of historical documents and records and their interpretation are of special interest.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:

- E. Tryjarski: Runes and runelike scripts of Eurasian area
- J.-L. Bacqué-Grammont/Laurent Grailet/D. Bischoff: Un lieu de mémoire oublié: Süleymân Pasa au Belvédère de Salomon et le passage des Ottomans en Europe
- R. Morrison: The reception of early-modern European astronomy by Ottoman religious scholars
- M. R. Hess: Zum Stammbaum einiger türkischer Nesimi-Handschriften
- G. Hazai: Vorstudien zur altanatolisch-türkischen Version des Tazkaratu l-Awliya von Fariduddin Attar