"The Tortoise Trainer" Osman Hamdi Bey's works often combined themes of social realism and cultural identity, reflecting the changing social and political landscape of his time. He tried to describe the daily life in Ottoman society and to bridge the gap between Western art techniques and traditional Turkish subjects. Osman Hamdi Bey's inspiration for "The Tortoise Trainer" came from observing street performers in Istanbul, especially those who raise animals for entertainment. When we look at the painting, we see an old man in a red robe, with a beard, slightly bent at the waist, his face slightly turned towards us, but looking ahead. An inscription in Arabic calligraphy was written on the arch in front of the old man, "The healing of hearts is to meet with the Beloved (Hz. Muhammad)." The room is illuminated from a small window in front of it, and there are five big and small turtles around it. The turtles have green leaves with their food in front of them. The old man looks tired and thoughtful, even giving up something. He is holding an end-blown flute with his hand clasped behind his back, but it is as if he is not eager to blow it. The old man in the picture is Osman Hamdi Bey himself. When he painted, the date is 1906, 4 years before his death. Osman Hamdi Bey used himself as a figure in his paintings. The most important feature of turtles is that they are slow and clumsy. No matter what you do, you can't speed them up. Here, the painter is targeting a society that does not care about art and the artist, does not value historical artifacts, and opposes modernization. He has now given up on educating this society. Osman Hamdi Bey, with his dervish turban on his head, shows that even if he is a dervish, his patience has an end.