OSMANLI İMPARATORLUĞUNDA MALÎ REFORM ÇABALARI VE KÂTİP ÇELEBİ’NİN “DÜSTÛRU’L-„AMEL Lİ- ISLÂHİ’L-HALEL” RİSÂLESİ
FINANCIAL REFORM ATTEMPTS IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND “DÜSTÛRU’L-„AMEL LI-ISLÂHIL’L-HALEL” OF KÂTIP ÇELEBI

Summary/Abstract: The process of change and transformation of the establishments in the Ottoman Empire has been a subject matter studied and discussed with interest by historians. The developments that emerged in financial and social structures dating from the second half of the 16th century became a significant turning point for the Ottoman economy. The organizational changes in governmental and social structures came to the attention of Ottoman intellectuals and administrators as well. They prepared different reform projects to be presented to the sultans against negative developments. Reform writers tried to explain the disintegration and produced solutions by means of the projects they prepared. In this study, the solutions offered by Kâtip Çelebi for empire ’s financial and social problems are addressed. In his work, Kâtip Çelebi uses İbn-i Haldun's philosophy of history and sociological approaches.

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