The First Stage of the Ottoman Modernization Viewed through the Prism of Walt Rostow’s Model
The First Stage of the Ottoman Modernization Viewed through the Prism of Walt Rostow’s Model

Summary/Abstract: The Modernization is a process conceived in the heart of the Western European world, which subsequently finds ground for its deployment in some non-Western societies also. The main goal of the present article is to clarify the logic, specifics and fluctuations in the genesis of the Ottoman modernization through the prism of historical sociology and Walt Rostow’s stages of Economic Growth model. Above all else, the focus of the research falls on the socio-economic, political, and military condition of the late Ottoman Empire. The mechanisms through which the Empire sustains its existence are illustrated, as well as the fundamental reasons for its fall. Secondly, the research accentuates the attempts of integrating the “Western” model of modernization done by the Ottoman Empire from the period of the “Tanzimat” to the end of the First World War, as well as the results of the said endeavour.

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