Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire

Princely doodling in the 15th century

In a book recently published, through sketches and drawings, one catches a glimpse into the mind of a young Fatih Sultan Mehmed as a schoolboy with big dreams Doodling has been around for centuries, maybe millennia; at its simplest, it is defined as sketching aimlessly or mindlessly. In spite of this "art" form, there does not seem to be an equivalent word in Turkish, just a definition.