The State Organization and Social Structure of the Ottomans in the Fourteenth–Seventeenth Centuries

The State Organization and Social Structure of the Ottomans in the Fourteenth–Seventeenth Centuries

Written by Prof. Dr. Yusuf Halaçoğlu, The State Organization and Social Structure of the Ottomans in the Fourteenth–Seventeenth Centuries is a fundamental reference work that examines the administrative, military, and social order of the Ottoman Empire during its classical period as an integrated whole. The book explains, through documentary evidence, the mechanisms and remarkably advanced institutional structure by which the empire governed its vast territories spread across three continents.

The work demonstrates, in a scholarly manner, that the success of the Ottoman Empire was not the result of chance. Rather, it was founded upon a well-functioning bureaucratic system, a land tenure structure that transformed production into military power, and a flexible settlement policy that sought to maintain social justice.

Author: Yusuf Halaçoğlu

ISBN: 978-975-17-0297-8

Binding: Paperback

Publication Year: 2025

Edition: 9th Edition

Language: Turkish

Dimensions: 16 × 24 cm

Page Count: 274 pages