Kadem (also ) is a defunct measurement unit used in the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

. Kadem means "foot" and during the last years of the Ottoman Empire 1 kadem was set to be in accordance with the British unit of length. But before the reign of

Ottoman Sultan The sultans of the Ottoman Empire ( tr, Osmanlı padişahları), who were all members of the Ottoman dynasty (House of Osman), ruled over the transcontinental empire from its perceived inception in 1299 to its dissolution in 1922. At its hei ...

Selim III Selim III ( ota, سليم ثالث, Selim-i sâlis; tr, III. Selim; was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1789 to 1807. Regarded as an enlightened ruler, the Janissaries eventually deposed and imprisoned him, and placed his cousin Mustafa ...

(r. 1789–1807), kadem had a different definition. Its value was either 36.6666 cm. or 37.8869 cm.Ottoman measurement page
During the Atatürk's Reforms metric system was adopted in Turkey .

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