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Ermeni İddiaları, Prof Dr. Hikmet Özdemir

27 nisan cumartesi sözcü tv. saat 23 (sisler bulvarı) “1915’te ne oldu?” prof. hikmet özdemir

 

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Türklerin Uluslararası İlişkileri Esas Alan Klasik Dönem Yazar ve Eserleri Listesi

Türklerin Uluslararası İlişkiler Metinleri

1. Bilge Tonyukuk Yazıtı: Çin
2. Bilge Kağan Yazıtı: Çin
3. Kutadgu Bilig: Dünya
4. Divanı Lügat-it Türk Dünya Haritası
5. Babürname: Hind Kıtası, Güney Asya
6. Katip Çelebi (1607-1657) Cihannüma
7. Müsellemü’l-Kiyafet
8. İbrahim Peçevi (1572-1650) Tarih-i Peçevi
9. Mustafa Naima (1657-1719) Tarih-i Naima
10. Silâhdar Fındıklılı Mehmed Ağa (1701-1761)
11. Nüzhetü’l-Cihan ve Gülşen-i Cihan:18. yüzyıl
12. Ebu’l-Hasan Ali Efendi (1747-1822) Takvim-i Encümen-i Şura
13. Nutuk: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Uluslararası ilişkilere değinen aklıma ilk gelen anlatılarımız, anlatan anlatı anlayan ilişkisi açısından bakıldığında, hep batı tarafından anlatılan ilişkilere biz Türklerin özgün bakış açılarının anlatılması, uluslararası ilişkilerdeki çözüm ve çıkış yollarımız açısından verimli neticeler doğurabilir. Keşke bir PhD konusu olsa. Umuyorum ki öğrencilerimiz tek tek ele aldıkları konularda böyle bir bakış açısıyla yaklaşsınlar. Bunun sistemli hale gelmesi önünde engeller var. İlki bizim akademimizin tutumu. Genç bir akademisyenin işaret ettiğimiz tarzda bir teorik çerçeveden hareketle tez yazmasını bilimsel bulmazlar. Bilim eşittir İngilizce literatür. Muhafazakarı da böyle bakıyor. İkincisi bu işin sistemli bir esere dönüşmesi.

İngilizce ancak Latince üzerinden varolabilmiş ve MÖ 55-MS 410 yılları arasında İngiltere, Roma İmparatorluğunun bir parçası olmuştu. İngilizcedeki kök kelimelerim geçmişi Milat’tan önce 500 yılına kadar giderken Türkçede ise Milat’tan önce 1000 yılına kadar gitmektedir. Türkçeye sonradan ilave olan MS 1000 li yıllarda ilave olan Arapça ve Farsça kelimeler ise mavalidir yani Araplar bize mavali diyor ya dolgu malzemesidir.

O açıdan akademik çalışmaların İngilizce literatür ile sınırlanmasına sadece gülünür. Gelinen nokta şu. Hiç Türkçe ve Türkiye’de yayın yapmadan Türk akademisine önce Doçent sonra Profesör olmak mümkün. Eski sömürgeler hariç kendi anadiline bu muameleyi yapan, bu meseleyi sorun saymayan başka bir ülke zannederim yok.

Katip Çelebi (1607-1657)
  • Cihannüma:17. yüzyılda yazılmış bir coğrafya ve tarih eseridir. Eserde Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’nun siyasi sınırları,komşuları ile ilişkileri ve uluslararası ticaret yolları hakkında bilgiler yer almaktadır. tr.wikipedia.org
  • Müsellemü’l-Kiyafet: 1648 yılında yazılmış bir devlet yönetimi kitabıdır. Eserde ideal bir devlet adamının nitelikleri ve Osmanlı Devleti’nin uluslararası ilişkilerdeki yeri ve rolü hakkında bilgiler yer almaktadır.

İbrahim Peçevi (1572-1650)

  • Tarih-i Peçevi:17. yüzyılda yazılmış bir tarih eseridir. Eserde Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’nun kuruluşundan 1648 yılına kadar olan tarihi anlatılmaktadır. Eserde Osmanlı’nın komşuları ile ilişkileri ve uluslararası olaylar hakkında da bilgiler yer almaktadır. www.kitapyurdu.com

Mustafa Naima (1657-1719)

Tarih-i Naima:18. yüzyılda yazılmış bir tarih eseridir. Eserde 1656 yılından 1703 yılına kadar olan Osmanlı tarihi anlatılmaktadır. Eserde Osmanlı’nın komşuları ile ilişkileri ve uluslararası olaylar hakkında da bilgiler yer almaktadır. Mustafa Naima Tarihi Naima.  www.kitapyurdu.com

Silâhdar Fındıklılı Mehmed Ağa (1701-1761)

Nüzhetü’l-Cihan ve Gülşen-i Cihan: 18. yüzyılda yazılmış bir coğrafya ve tarih eseridir. Eserde Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’nun siyasi sınırları, komşuları ile ilişkileri ve uluslararası ticaret yolları hakkında bilgiler yer almaktadır.

Ebu’l-Hasan Ali Efendi (1747-1822): Takvim-i Encümen-i Şura: 19. yüzyılda yazılmış bir devlet yönetimi kitabıdır. Eserde Osmanlı Devleti’nin uluslararası ilişkilerdeki yeri ve rolü, diplomasi ve uluslararası hukuk hakkında bilgiler yer almaktadır.

Bu, Türklerin uluslararası ilişkileri esas alan klasik dönem yazar ve eserlerinin sadece küçük bir örneğidir. Bu dönemde daha birçok önemli yazar ve eser ortaya çıkmıştır.

Selected Quotes by Turkestan Sages

HAREZMI

Abu Abdullah Muhammed Al-Khorezmi (780–850): He is from Khwarezm (Uzbekistan). He worked in Baghdad. He systematized and named algebra. He contributed to the global understanding of geometry in the Arab and Western world. He advocated the necessity of the decimal system. He gave his name to the algorithm. Kutrubbul (?) 780 of Baghdad, Baghdad 813-850. Astronomer and prominent Muslim mathematician. The person who recites Indian numerals. Transoxiana Khiva, Uzbekistan. Mathematics, Astronomy. He came from Khwarezm and lived in Baghdad. He systematized algebra and gave it its name, made great contributions to the understanding of geometry, advocated the step system, and collected data on the location of 2,402 points on Earth.

TIME
“In fact, it is the human need to calculate that reflects everything. I discovered that everything contains numbers, and I discovered that number is nothing more than combining units. All numbers are expressed together for these reasons. However, I discovered that all numbers are arranged by deriving numbers up to ten. “
Harezmi (780-850)
GROUND
“I begin with the name of Allah who is the forgiving and forgiving, and I declare that the book called El-Kitâb el-Muhtasar fi Hisâb al-Jabr ve al-Muqâbele was published by Muhammad ibn-Musâ al-Khwarizmi. Muhammad says; Thanks be to Allah, who gave us the power to discover important numbers. In fact, it is the human need to calculate that reflects everything. I discovered that everything contains numbers, and I discovered that the number is nothing more than combining units. Therefore, all numbers are expressed together. However, I discovered that all numbers are arranged by the derivation of numbers up to ten. The number ten is evaluated together in the same way and is therefore calculated in the same way twice or three times as in the case of unity. So twice as 10 becomes 20, and three times it becomes 30. And in this way, you can reach 100 by 10 times. Again, just like 10, two and three times of 100 can be taken in this way. The number can be enlarged up to thousand with two times, three times etc. In this way, the investigation of the infinite number is made by taking the multiples of the thousand and naming the numbers in various ways.
Harezmi (780-850)
MIND
“In addition, the simplification and crossing over that I found occurs between three types. These; called roots, squares, and numbers. However, the numbers are neither linked only by roots nor by their squares. Of these, a root consists of units of a number that can be multiplied by itself. The square is the result of multiplying the root with itself. Two of these three forms can be equal to another, for example;
Squares equalization to roots,
Squares equal numbers,
Equating roots to numbers “
Harezmi (780-850)
“A scientist either writes a work on a subject that no one has determined before him, or explains the subjects left closed by the scientists before him, makes it easier and understandable, or removes the deficiencies in the previously written works, corrects the mistakes”
“Thanks to God who empowered the discovery of important numbers.”
Harezmi (780-850)

FARABI

Wisdom Words by Farabi (870-950)
“Thinking is the soul talking to itself…”
He who talks a lot should be listened less
Society becomes happy with justice and love
The fate of man is directly related to what he knows. Knowing enables people to make better choices.
Some people don’t need a guide. Some people need too much.
Seek knowledge, follow it. The thing that will carry you the highest is knowledge.
Are you in, so you are afraid of disappearing?
People have a duty to love each other. Lovelessness is the root of all evil.
Human is made up of friends.
A society with people helping each other is the most perfect society.
Man is an obstacle to his own truth.
As long as a person does not force himself to do something, he always moves in the direction of what is easy.
Stay away from people whose conversation is useless.
Some even see nothing when awake.
Perfect goals are beautiful goals.
Give importance to science to know.
What is beautiful is virtuous purposes.
An evil person is a person who has lost contact with his soul.
Who is the ignorant person? An ignorant person is a person who does not use his mind to educate and learn.
You will be happy if you know how to share what you have.
To discover who you are, you must first discover perfection.
If you let go of the excess and everything that keeps you busy, you will find peace.
Love is transformative. It is absolute goodness. He who does not know how to love and be loved does not know this.
The government exists for the people.
Evil is the product of choice and will.
Respect is the most indispensable pillar of a society.
To love is to value.
Reason is the highest value that a person can have.
A person who cannot use his mind will remain in the darkness and will not see anything.
The reason you feel bad or good is what you think. Because feeling starts with thinking.
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“Thinking is the soul talking to itself…”
Farabi, who was born to a Turkish family one thousand and fifty years ago and wrote countless works in the fields of music, philosophy, botany, mathematics and logic throughout his life, was accepted as the “second teacher” after Aristotle, who was accepted as a “teacher” in the world of science and thought.
It has deeply influenced not only philosophers but also countless scientists, and has been a source of inspiration for movements and inventions.
Although he was close to the palace as a member of a wealthy family, he completely rejected the political will and devoted himself to science. Continuing his life with only one meal a day, Farabi endeavored to spend every second of his time with science.
Because, according to Farabi, man is obliged to seek knowledge. He has to find knowledge, learn it and explain it.
Even if science is in China, it is necessary to get up and pursue it. If a person does not live for science, he lives a meaningless and unhappy life in agony. Farabi’s inspiring life and works are exemplary in terms of confronting the meaningful and meaningless efforts of our age and reconstructing a life fiction.
Who is Farabi?
Why Farabi?
What is human?
Aristotle and Farabi
What did Farabi do?
Truth
See and understand
Farabi and Islam
What did Farabi do?
For real happiness, it is necessary to know how to let go of the excess.
Farabi and friendship
What did Farabi do?
Understand and seek
Accept and do
What did Farabi do?
Beautify the world
Unless a person has the ability to distinguish between good and bad, beautiful and ugly, he cannot complete the process of being human.
Farabi and knowledge
People and anxiety
Man and evil
Farabi and music
Farabi and the mind
Farabi and happiness
Incomplete and flawed political regimes lead to morally flawed and flawed lives
Farabi and ignorant person
Human and society in Farabi
State
State and society (justice and love)
Artificial intelligence, fuzzy logic and Farabi
Philosophy and love
The greatest of virtues is science.
Farabi and see
To feel
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53239723-farabi
Al-Farabi (870-950). (Kazakhstan) Vesic 870 in Farab, Merv, Baghdad, Harran 910 and Aleppo 942, Egypt and Istanbul (?), Damascus or Aleppo 950: The prominent figure of the understanding of philosophy in Islam with Hellenistic influences (metaphysics, epistemology, the same also a political scientist), (after Aristotle) ​​Second Master, Muallim-i Sani. Known in the west from the Otrar region of modern Kazakhstan, Alfarabius is referred to as the “second teacher” after Aristotle. Farabi, the great explorer of logic, has constructed every field of knowledge.

 

BIRUNI

Abū Rayḥān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Bīrūnī (September 15, 973 – December 13, 1048) was a Turkish polymath, scientist, physicist, anthropologist, psychologist, astronomer, chemist, critic of alchemy and astrology, encyclopedist, historian, geographer, traveller, geodesist, geologist, pharmacist, philosopher, theologian, scholar and teacher, and he contributed greatly to all of these fields.

Biruni (973-1043) born in Khwarezm / Uzbekistan.

Anthropology, Astronomy, Chemistry, Comparative Sociology,
Geodesy, History, Geography, Natural Sciences, Mathematics,
in Medicine, Philosophy, Pharmacology, Physics, Psychology
known for his work.

Abu Reyhan El Biruni (973–1048). (Uzbekistan) Suburb of Kas /Birun 973, Rey 955 (?), Gilan 995, Kas 997, Bukhara, Jürcan 999, Harizm (Kas and Gürgenc) 1003, Ghazni 1017-1050, Kabul, Kashmir and probably Thanesar via Punjab Travel to India (accompanying Mahmud of Ghazni’s conquests) to : Universal genius, astronomer and geographer (hermeneutical) Indologist and philosopher. Hezarfen (very knowledgeable) from Khwarezm, who first came to the fore in the palace of the Khwarazm shahs in Ürgenç (today in the borders of Turkmenistan) and then in the Palace of Mahmud of Ghazni in Afghanistan. His work in astronomy, geodesy, history and the social sciences has made him the greatest scientific thinker of the period between Antiquity and the European Renaissance. Astronomy, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Geography and History. Biruni traveled from Ghazni to Hind between 1017 and 1030. In 1030 he published the book of Hind.

 “I have begun with Geometry and proceeded to Arithmetic and the Science of Numbers, then to the structure of the Universe and finally to Judicial Astrology, for no one who is worthy of the style and title of Astrologer who is not thoroughly conversant with these for sciences.”

 

25 WAYS TO FREEDOM                                                                                                                                                                      According to the Hindu philosophers, liberation is common to all castes and to the whole human race, if their intention of obtaining it is perfect. This view is based on the saying of Vyâsa: “Learn to know the twenty-five things (I. e. The twenty-five elements of existence) thoroughly. Then you may follow whatever religion you like; you will no doubt be liberated.”

Alberuni’s India

 

THE NATURE OF TIME                                                                                                                                                                                    Some people maintain that time consists of cycles, at the end of which all created beings perish, whilst they grow at their beginning; that each such cycle has a special Adam and Eve of its own, and that the chronology of this cycle depends upon them. Other people, again, maintain that in each cycle a special Adam and Eve exist for each country in particular, and that hence the difference of human structure, nature, and language is to be derived.

Other people, besides, hold this foolish persuasion, viz that time has no terminus a quo at all. Now, personal observation alone, and conclusions inferred therefrom, do not prove a long duration of the human life, and the huge size of human bodies, and what else has been related to be beyond the limits of possibility. For similar matters appear in the course of time in manifold shapes.

There are certain things which are bound to certain times, within which they turn round In a certain order, and which undergo transformations as long as there is a possibility of their existing. If they, now, are not observed as long as they are in existence, people think them to be improbable, and hasten to reject them as altogether impossible.

 

 “The great differences between ideas and beliefs are evidence of the vitality of the world.”

 

 “Diversity in people’s thoughts and beliefs is the source of development and well-being in the world.”

 

“Maester Abu’s-Sahl (may Allah have mercy), when I saw those works revisited and the issue was exactly as I stated, he encouraged me to write what I know about Indians. This information can be useful to those who want to reject the Indians or become a capital for those who want to live with them.I started this job, obeying the master’s order. While writing what I know, I avoided slander the enemy.

Also, as a Muslim, I did not hesitate to quote long quotations from Indian texts at points that I thought would contribute to enlighten a subject. Even if the content of some of the quotations is clearly seen as blasphemy and may be rejected by the passengers of the right path (Muslims), we can only say, “This is the belief of the Indians and they are most worthy of defending this belief.

 

“We have here given an account of these things in order that the reader may learn by the comparative treatment of the subject how much superior the institutions of Islam are, and how more plainly this contrast brings out all customs and usages, differing from those of Islam, in their essential foulness.”

 

“Verifying All That the Indians Recount, the Reasonable and the Unreasonable”or “The book confirming what pertains to India, whether rational or despicable”)
Further Quotes
Once a sage asked why scholars always flock to the doors of the rich, whilst the rich are not inclined to call at the doors of scholars. “The scholars” he answered, “are well aware of the use of money, but the rich are ignorant of the nobility of science”.
Quoted in: A.L. Mackay Dictionary of Scientific Quotations (London 1994).
You well know … for which reason I began searching for a number of demonstrations proving a statement due to the ancient Greeks … and which passion I felt for the subject … so that you reproached me my preoccupation with these chapters of geometry, not knowing the true essence of these subjects, which consists precisely in going in each matter beyond what is necessary. … Whatever way he [the geometer] may go, through exercise will he be lifted from the physical to the divine teachings, which are little accessible because of the difficulty to understand their meaning … and because the circumstance that not everybody is able to have a conception of them, especially not the one who turns away from the art of demonstration. Book on the Finding of Chords.
I have seen the astrolabe called Zuraqi invented by Abu Sa’id Sijzi. I liked it very much and praised him a great deal, as it is based on the idea entertained by some to the effect that the motion we see is due to the Earth’s movement and not to that of the sky. By my life, it is a problem difficult of solution and refutation. […] For it is the same whether you take it that the Earth is in motion or the sky. For, in both cases, it does not affect the Astronomical Science. It is just for the physicist to see if it is possible to refute it. Quoted in Hossein Nasr, An Introduction to Islamic Cosmological Doctrines (1993), p. 135.
“Conscience is the voice of God within us”
Twenty-two years after the death of Harezmi
Biruni (973-1048), our greatest examining thinker
and our first traveler, spanning India
He expressed freedom of conscience 1000 years ago as follows;
“The great difference between thoughts and beliefs
separations are proof of the life of the world.”
• “People’s ideas and approaches are diverse.
and the development of the world happen with the “diversity” of these approaches.”
• “I use my works, first of all, for my own self.
which is the closest to oneself – in the second degree;
for ours who love virtue and follow the path of virtue
I wrote it for people like you.”
• “Knowledge was like the piece of meat left for the birds on the mat”
• “I did what each person has to do in his own work.
Grateful for the achievements of previous,
to meet their mistakes without fearing,
to straighten what appears to him to be real,
entrust it to the next generation.”
• “The reason why I deal with science is Surah Ali Imran
verse 191 in The Quran”
• “People are unhappy because of three things;
1. Be jealous of what others have
to stitch.
2. Seeing oneself superior to other people in all aspects.
3. To fall into superstitions such as fortune telling and bad luck.”
• “I did what every person should do:
greet their achievements with gratitude,
to right their wrongs without fear,
entrusting what appears to be true to me to the next.”

 

İBNİ SİNA

Assassinated Turkish Diplomats/Officials and Their Family Members

Assassinated Turkish Diplomats/Officials and Their Family Members / Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Maps: Death and Exiles of Turks

justin mccarthy death and exile – Google’da Ara

justin mccarthy ölüm ve sürgün – Google’da Ara

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/west-ignores-massacres-against-muslims/53718

https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/turkiye/batinin-gormezden-geldigi-musluman-katliami/53951

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https://twitter.com/mehmet_dilbaz/status/1359783084078563328

http://www.greek-genocide.net/index.php/overview/documentation/333-list-of-deportations

 

 

 

The Rationale of Turkish Cypriot Position on Two-State Solution in Cyprus

by Hüseyin Işıksal

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?id=1051731861&story_fbid=10228915481045738

The Rationale of Turkish Cypriot Position on Two-State Solution in Cyprus

 

 

The Turkish Museum

Türkiye Müzeleri.. 319 Müze

England attracts tourists to London by exhibiting the archaeological documents collected from all over the world in THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

In our country, despite our 12.000 years of human existence in Turkey geography, the archaeological artefacts of our thousands of years of history are scattered in many museums. As in the case of the UK, for example, the re-evaluation of a huge building as THE TURKISH MUSEUM and the evaluation of the artefacts in museums such as Topkapı Palace, Archaeological Museum, Museum of Anatolian Civilisations, etc. in a single structure will make it possible to collect the archaeological artefacts related to our 16 states in a single place and support them with new excavations.

Western and eastern cultural styles and images are found even in the architectural heritage of Turkish cities and antique cities as well. The richest collection in Chinese porcelain is found in Topkapi Palace Istanbul Turkey.

The heritage of the key is the round is with several empires say Hittite empire, eastern Roman empire Assyrian empire Seljuk Empire, Ottoman empire, Alexander the Great Empire and Turkish Beyliks just before Ottoman Empire the several antique civilisations inside Anatolia.

So, all of these empires and states have their traces in the, in architecture and in arts.

What is missing is the Turkish museum as in the example of the British Museum if it becomes visible so we can trace all these heritages in a single museum environment for the business as well.

 

Turks and Trade

12th Century Trade Ways 

Why the Turks were negatively selected by their own empire

The idea of the Ottomans negatively selecting Turks within their own empire isn’t entirely accurate. Here’s a breakdown:

The Ottomans weren’t purely Turkish: The empire incorporated many ethnicities, with Turks being the dominant group.

  • Meritocracy over Ethnicity: While being Turkish might offer some advantages, the Ottomans often relied on a meritocratic system. People of talent and ability, regardless of ethnicity, could rise through the ranks. This included non-Turks like Albanians, Greeks, and Armenians holding high positions.
  • Devşirme System: There was a system called Devşirme, which recruited young Christian boys from conquered lands. These boys were converted to Islam and trained for military and administrative positions. This could be seen as a disadvantage for some Turkish families, but it also ensured loyalty and fresh perspectives in the ruling class.

Possible Reasons for Misconception:

  • Later Decline: In the later Ottoman period, with decline and corruption setting in, there might have been a shift towards prioritizing those close to the Sultan, regardless of ethnicity. This could be misinterpreted as favoring a specific group.
  • Nationalist Narratives: Modern national narratives in the region might emphasize ethnic differences to create a sense of identity. This could lead to an oversimplification of the Ottoman past.

Further Exploration:

If you’re interested in learning more, you can explore these topics:

  • The Ottoman Millet System: This system defined the legal and social status of different religious groups within the empire.
  • The Devşirme System: Understanding how this system functioned can clarify the role of ethnicity in the Ottoman power structure.
  • The Later Ottoman Decline: Investigating the factors contributing to the decline might shed light on potential changes in the empire’s treatment of different groups.

Why though non muslims were selected for trade Turks were neglected and discouraged

There isn’t clear evidence that the Ottomans actively discouraged Turks from trade. Here’s why the assumption might be off:

  • Turks and Trade: Historically, many Turks were involved in trade. Early Ottoman success relied heavily on control of trade routes. While the ruling class might have been more focused on administration and military, there were definitely Turkish merchants.
  • Non-Muslims and Trade Networks: Several factors might explain the prominence of non-Muslims in specific trade networks:
  • Established Networks: Some non-Muslim communities, like Armenians and Jews, had well-established trade networks even before the Ottomans. The Ottomans might have leveraged these existing networks for their own benefit.
  • Specialization: Certain communities might have developed specific skills or knowledge valuable in trade. For example, Armenian merchants were known for their expertise in long-distance trade.
  • Language Skills: Non-Muslim communities sometimes spoke multiple languages, facilitating communication across different regions.

The Ottomans and Trade:

  • Support for Merchants: The Ottomans generally encouraged trade through a system of guilds and tax breaks for merchants.
  • Focus on Control: The Ottomans likely prioritized controlling key trade routes and levied taxes on goods, benefiting the empire regardless of the merchants’ ethnicity.
    Further Considerations:
  • Limited Sources: Information about the everyday lives of people, especially ordinary Turks, might be less readily available compared to ruling elites. This could create a skewed picture.
  • Regional Variations: The Ottoman Empire was vast, and trade practices might have differed depending on location.

Overall:

While non-Muslims might have been prominent in certain trade sectors, it’s unlikely the Ottomans actively discouraged Turks from participating. The reasons for non-Muslim prominence are more likely due to pre-existing networks, specialized skills, and language advantages.

Why the Turks were negatively selected by their own empire for trade activities

There’s a misconception that the Ottoman Empire actively discouraged Turks from trade. Here’s why that view might be inaccurate:

Turks and Trade:

Historically, many Turks were involved in trade. The Ottomans’ early success relied heavily on controlling trade routes. While the ruling class might have focused more on administration and military, there were definitely Turkish merchants.

Non-Muslims in Trade Networks:

Several factors likely explain the prominence of non-Muslims in specific trade networks:

  • Established Networks: Some non-Muslim communities, like Armenians and Jews, had well-established trade networks even before the Ottomans. The Ottomans might have leveraged these existing networks for their own benefit.
  • Specialization: Certain communities might have developed specific skills or knowledge valuable in trade. For example, Armenian merchants were known for their expertise in long-distance trade.
  • Language Skills: Non-Muslim communities sometimes spoke multiple languages, facilitating communication across different regions.

The Ottomans and Trade:

  • Support for Merchants: The Ottomans generally encouraged trade through a system of guilds and tax breaks for merchants, regardless of religion.
  • Focus on Control: The Ottomans likely prioritized controlling key trade routes and levied taxes on goods, benefiting the empire regardless of the merchants’ ethnicity.
    Possible Reasons for Misunderstanding:
  • Sources: Information about everyday lives of people, especially ordinary Turks, might be less readily available compared to ruling elites. This could create a skewed picture.
    Regional Variations: The Ottoman Empire was vast, and trade practices might have differed depending on location.

Overall:

While non-Muslims might have been prominent in certain trade sectors, it’s unlikely the Ottomans actively discouraged Turks from participating. The reasons for non-Muslim prominence are more likely due to pre-existing networks, specialized skills, and language advantages.

Did Ottoman empire prefer Turks for military services instead of trade activities

The Ottoman Empire did tend to favor Turks for military service, but it’s not quite as simple as them being discouraged from trade. Here’s a breakdown:

Military Focus:

  • Early Ottomans: The Ottomans were a warrior society with a strong military tradition. Turks, being the dominant group, were seen as a natural fit for military service. This helped maintain control over a vast empire.
  • Timar System: The Timar system rewarded military service with land grants. This further incentivized Turks to pursue military careers.

Trade and the Ottomans:

  • Not Discouraged: There’s no evidence the Ottomans actively discouraged Turks from trade. Many Turks participated in commerce throughout the empire’s history.
  • Focus on Control: The Ottomans likely prioritized controlling trade routes and taxing goods, benefiting the empire regardless of the merchants’ ethnicity.

Possible Reasons for Non-Turkish Prominence in Trade:

  • Established Networks: Some non-Muslim communities, like Armenians and Jews, had well-established trade networks even before the Ottomans. The Ottomans might have leveraged these existing networks for their own benefit.
  • Specialization: Certain communities might have developed specific skills or knowledge valuable in trade. For example, Armenian merchants were known for their expertise in long-distance trade.
  • Language Skills: Non-Muslim communities sometimes spoke multiple languages, facilitating communication across different regions.

Overall:

While the Ottomans favored Turks for military service due to their cultural emphasis on warfare, they didn’t actively discourage Turks from trade. The prominence of non-Muslims in certain trade sectors was likely due to pre-existing networks, specialized skills, and language advantages.

 

Türklerin Asya kıtası yaşantılarında Türkçe yazılan eserler hangileridir?

Türklerin Asya kıtasındaki tarihi boyunca Türkçe yazılmış çok sayıda eser bulunmaktadır. Bu eserler, edebiyatın farklı türlerini kapsar ve Türk tarihi, kültürü ve inançları hakkında değerli bilgiler sunar.

Orta Çağ Dönemi:

  • Kök Türk Yazıtları:8. yüzyıldan kalma bu yazıtlar, Türkçenin bilinen en eski yazılı örnekleridir. Bilge Kağan, Tonyukuk ve Köl Tigin gibi önemli Türk liderlerinin hayatlarını ve başarılarını anlatan bu yazıtlar, Türk tarihi ve kültürü için büyük önem taşımaktadır.
    Kök Türk Yazıtları resmi
  • Uygur Edebiyatı: Uygurlar, 8. yüzyıldan 13. yüzyıla kadar Orta Asya’da hüküm sürmüş bir Türk topluluğudur. Uygur edebiyatı, Budizm, Maniheizm ve Zerdüştlük gibi farklı dinlerin etkilerini yansıtan zengin bir külliyata sahiptir. Bu dönemde yazılmış önemli eserler arasında Altun Yaruk, Sekiz Yükmek ve Maniheizm Metinleriyer alır.
Uygur Edebiyatı resmiKarahanlı Edebiyatı: 10. yüzyıldan 13. yüzyıla kadar Orta Asya’da hüküm sürmüş olan Karahanlılar, Türk edebiyatına önemli katkılarda bulunmuştur. Bu dönemde yazılmış en önemli eserlerden biri, Yusuf Has Hacip tarafından yazılan Kutadgu Bilig‘dir. Ahlak ve siyaset üzerine öğütler içeren bu eser, Türk edebiyatının klasikleri arasında yer alır.
  • Karahanlı Edebiyatı resmi
  • Divan-ı Lügat-üt Türk: Kaşgarlı Mahmud tarafından 11. yüzyılda yazılan bu eser, Türkçe’nin ilk kapsamlı sözlüğüdür. Eserde Türkçe kelimelerin anlamları, örnek kullanımları ve etimolojileri yer almaktadır. Divan-ı Lügat-üt Türk, Türk dilinin tarihi ve gelişimi hakkında önemli bilgiler sunmaktadır.
Divanı Lügatüt Türk resmi

Anadolu Dönemi:

  • Divan Edebiyatı: Anadolu’da Türklerin kurduğu beylikler ve Osmanlı İmparatorluğu döneminde gelişen divan edebiyatı, Arapça ve Farsça’dan etkilenen bir şiir türüdür. Bu dönemde yazılmış önemli eserler arasında Fuzuli’nin Leyla ve Mecnun’u, Baki’nin divanı, Nef’i’nin divanı ve Niyazi Mısri’nin divanı yer alır.
Divan Edebiyatı resmi
  • Halk Edebiyatı: Halk tarafından sözlü olarak aktarılan türküler, masallar, atasözleri ve bilmeceler halk edebiyatını oluşturur. Bu eserler, Türk halkının gelenekleri, inançları ve günlük yaşamına dair bilgiler sunmaktadır.
  • Tekke Edebiyatı:Alevi-Bektaşi geleneğinde ortaya çıkan tekke edebiyatı, ilahiler, nefesler ve manzum hikayeler gibi eserlerden oluşur. Bu eserler, tasavvuf felsefesi ve Alevi-Bektaşi inançlarını yansıtır.
    Tekke Edebiyatı resmi

Modern Dönem Edebiyatı:

  • Tanzimat Edebiyatı: 19. yüzyılda Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’nda başlayan Tanzimat Dönemi, edebiyatta da yeniliklerin yaşanmasına yol açmıştır. Bu dönemde yazılmış önemli eserler arasında Namık Kemal’in İntibah romanı, Tevfik Fikret’in şiirleri ve Abdülhak Hamit’in tiyatro eserleri yer alır.
Tanzimat Edebiyatı resmi
  • Milli Edebiyat Akımı: 20. yüzyılın başlarında ortaya çıkan Milli Edebiyat Akımı, Türkçenin saflığını ve güzelliğini savunmuştur. Bu dönemde yazılmış önemli eserler arasında Mehmet Akif Ersoy’un İstiklal Marşı, Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu’nun Yaban romanı ve Reşat Nuri Güntekin’in Çalıkuşu romanı yer alır.