The Tortoise Trainer

The Tortoise Trainer
Turkish: Kaplumbağa Terbiyecisi
ArtistOsman Hamdi Bey
Year1906
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions221.5 cm × 120.0 cm (87.2 in × 47.24 in)
LocationPera Museum, Istanbul

The Tortoise Trainer (Turkish: Kaplumbağa Terbiyecisi) is a painting by Osman Hamdi Bey, with a first version created in 1906 and a second in 1907. Hamdi's painting of an anachronistic historical character attempting to train tortoises is usually interpreted as a satire on the slow and ineffective attempts at reforming the Ottoman Empire.