Kadem
Kadem (also ayak آیاق) is a defunct measurement unit used in the Ottoman Empire.
Kadem means "foot" and during the last years of the Ottoman Empire 1 kadem was set to be 30.48 cm (1.000 ft) in accordance with the British unit of length. But before the reign of Ottoman Sultan Selim III (r. 1789–1807), kadem had a different definition. Its value was either 36.6666 cm.[1] or 37.8869 cm.[2]
During the Atatürk's Reforms metric system was adopted in Turkey .
References
- ^ Islam Encyclopaedis (in Turkish)
- ^ Ottoman measurement page (in Turkish)