Ottoman Bureaucracy and Modernization

The classical bureaucratic structure of the Ottoman Empire had undergone a radical change in the 19th century under the influence of the modernization process. Ali Akyıldız, who won the first prize in the banking and finance history competition with his book titled Money Became Stamps: Paper Money, Finance and Society in the Ottoman Empire, which we previously published, explains the centralization, expansion and reform in the Ottoman bureaucracy throughout the 19th century in his articles compiled in Ottoman Bureaucracy and Modernization. discusses the process in detail. First of all, the author examines the reasons that make bureaucratic innovation necessary and draws attention to how modernization imposes itself as an inevitable process. According to Akyildiz, the real beginning of Ottoman modernization is not the Tanzimat Edict, but the period of Mahmud II, when the administrative system was completely reorganized and many institutions were created. In the book, which examines the reforms in the central and provincial organizations and the struggle for authority sharing, it focuses on modern developments in which innovation crystallized: the establishment of the modern archive, the change of documents in terms of language, form and content, the establishment of ministries and permanent assemblies... In addition, the working system of Abdulhamid II, His understanding of management and his relations with the Sublime Porte are analyzed using very rich and different types of sources. Ottoman Bureaucracy and Modernization is an example of meticulous historiography based on extremely comprehensive archival research.



Number of Pages: 230

Year of Printing: 2004


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Iletisim Publishing

Number of Pages: 230

First Print Year: 2004

Language Turkish