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Illustration of Ottomans from Turkish Postcards from the 1950s of

Elbicei Atika. Musée des Anciens Costumes Turcs de Constantinople, par Jean Brindesi

Plate 15

Salma Neferi	Nöbetçi	Haseki Ağa
Salma Néféri	Nobetchi	Hasseki Aga
Soldats de Police (Patrouille)	Aide de Camp du Lieutenant Général	Messager du Palais (Officier)
Soldiers of the Police (Patrol)	ADC to the Lieutenant General	Messenger of the Palace (Officer)

Salma = law enforcement officer in the Ottoman Empire.
Nöbetçi = sentry.
Haseki Ağa is an officer of the Bostancıbaşı, implements the death decisions given by the sultan. He is depicted with a pointed hood and a staff in his hand.
Salma Çuhadarı were about twenty officers, under the command of the janissary agha, whose job it is to uncover secret events.
Attire: They wore a green wool-cloth topless cap on their heads with a black sheepskin hat over it, a red robe called a 'piripiri' on their back, and a full-length shalwar (baggy-trousers).
Source: Arif Mehmet Pasa; Mecmu'a-i Tesavir-i Osmaniye, Istanbul, 1863