Mehmet Ismet Başaran
... that Mehmet Ismet Başaran's research into the first stamps of the Ottoman Empire was hampered by the loss of the official records?
... that <b id="mwBgM"><a href="./Mehmet_Ismet_Başaran" id="mwBgQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mehmet Ismet Başaran">Mehmet Ismet Başaran</a></b><span about="#mwt70" class="nowrap" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"`s","href":"./Template:`s"},"params":{},"i":0}}]}' id="mwBgU" typeof="mw:Transclusion"><span typeof="mw:Entity">'</span>s</span> research into the <a href="./Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Turkey" id="mwBgY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Turkey">first stamps of the Ottoman Empire</a> <i id="mwBgc">(example pictured)</i> was hampered by the loss of the official records?