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Originally Posted by Saracen
At that time, people even died for tattooing the orta sign on their hand, possession of a yataghan (especially its production) was too risky.
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Any actual evidence for that? Yataghans were used by many people, not just the janissaries, and given the extant examples we have plus some of the data on production from various esnafs, fairs, etc. (see Elgood) there does not seem to have been any actual drop off in production or use.