Problem pojave osmanske države
The question of the emergence of the Ottoman state

Summary/Abstract: Dealing with the question of the emergence of the Ottoman state Halil Inalcik points out the flaws in the theories by Gibbons, Koprulu, Wittek, and Giese. Gibbons's theory of religious conversion did not stand up to the criticisms of Kopriilii, Wittek, and Giese. These three scholars proposed the theory of a Turkish-Seljukid origin of the Ottoman state for population, culture, and state traditions. But among them controversy arose over the issue of the basic structure of the early Ottoman society. Both Kopriilii and Wittek stressed the central role of the Turcomans (Tiirkmens), pastoral nomads in the frontier society, without answering the question of how this society was transformed into the polity, or how Osman Ghazi became a military political leader and the founder of a new state and dynasty.

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