A
kazasker (, also transliterated as
qadi'asker or
kadi'asker, from
kadi-ul asker, "judge of the soldiers") was a chief judge in the
Ottoman Empire, so named originally because his jurisdiction extended to the cases of soldiers, who were later tried only by their own officers. Two kazaskers were appointed, called
Rumeli Kazaskeri and
Anadolu Kazaskeri, having their jurisdiction respectively over the European and the Asiatic part of the Empire. They were subordinated to the
Seyhülislam, and had no jurisdiction over the city of
Istanbul. Moreover, they attended the meetings at the
Imperial Council.