Kazasker

A kazasker or kadıasker ('military judge') was a chief judge of the Ottoman Empire, so named because his jurisdiction at first extended to the cases of soldiers, who were later tried only by their own officers. Two were appointed, the Rumeli Kazaskeri for the European part of the empire and the Anadolu Kazaskeri for the Asian part, and neither had jurisdiction over the city of Constantinople. Subordinate to the Grand Vizier and later to the Şeyhülislam, they attended the meetings of the Imperial Council, heard appeals against the decisions of kadıs, had the power to overrule them, and proposed candidates for the office of kadı to the Grand Vizier.