ɐ kˈæzæskɚ ɔːɹ kˈeɪdɪˌæskɚ, lˌɛɾɚwˈʌnˈiːθɹˈiːθɹˈiː ˌeɪmˈækɹˌɑːn lˌɛɾɚwˈʌnˈiːzˈiəɹoʊdˈiː ˌaɪmˈækɹˌɑːn ɐ ˈɛs kˈeɪ ˈiː ˈɑːɹ, "mˈɪlətˌɛɹi dʒˈʌdʒ"wʌzɐ tʃˈiːf dʒˈʌdʒ ɪnðɪ ˈɑːɾəmən ˈɛmpaɪɚ, sˌoʊ nˈeɪmd ɚɹˈɪdʒɪnəli bɪkˈʌz hɪz dʒˌʊɹɹɪsdˈɪkʃən ɛkstˈɛndᵻd tə ðə kˈeɪsᵻz ʌv sˈoʊldʒɚz, hˌuː wɜː lˈeɪɾɚ tɹˈaɪd ˈoʊnli baɪ ðɛɹ ˈoʊn ˈɑːfɪsɚz.
A kazasker or kadıasker (, ḳāḍī'asker, "military judge") was a chief judge in the Ottoman Empire, so named originally because his jurisdiction extended to the cases of soldiers, who were later tried only by their own officers.