A chelengk (Ottoman Turkish: چـلنك; Turkish: çelenk, pronounced [tʃeˈlæɲc]) was a military decoration of the Ottoman Empire. == Turkish military award == Originally a çelenk was "a bird's feather which one attaches to the turban as a sign of bravery" but by the end of the 18th century, the çelenk had become institutionalized in Ottoman military practice and continued to be awarded for military merit up to the 1820s.
A chelengk (Ottoman Turkish: چـلنك; Turkish: çelenk, pronounced [tʃeˈlæɲc]) was a military decoration of the Ottoman Empire. == Turkish military award == Originally a çelenk was "a bird's feather which one attaches to the turban as a sign of bravery" but by the end of the 18th century, the çelenk had become institutionalized in Ottoman military practice and continued to be awarded for military merit up to the 1820s.
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