An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, 1300-1600 by Halil İnalcık

He gives a striking picture of the prominence of religion and warfare in everyday life as well as the traditions of statecraft, administration, social values, financial and land policies. This distinctively Eastern culture, with all its detail and intricacies, is explored here by a pre-eminent scholar of Turkish history. Born as a military frontier principality at the turn of the Fourteenth century, Turkey developed into the dominant force in Anatolia and the Balkans, growing to become the most powerful Islamic state after 1517 when it incorporated the old Arab lands. Book excerpt: Covering the greatest three centuries of Turkish history, this book tells the story of the Ottoman Empire's growth into a vast Middle Eastern Power.

This book was released on with total page 272 pages. He is also a member of the Institute of Turkish Studies.Book Synopsis The Ottoman Empire by : Halil Inalcikĭownload or read book The Ottoman Empire written by Halil Inalcik and published by Hachette UK. He is a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Department of Historical Sciences. He has been member president of many international foundations. In 1993, he donated his valuable collection of books, journals and off-prints on the history of Ottoman Empire to the library of Bilkent University. In 1994, he returned to Turkey and founded history department at Bilkent University where he is still teaching. Between 19 he taught Ottoman history at the University of Chicago. In 1972, he was invited by the University of Chicago. He lectured in various universities in the United States as a guest professor. He entered the same school as an assistant, then he became assistant professor in 1946 and after his return from lecturing in the University of London for a while, he became a professor in the same department in 1952. His PhD thesis was on the Bulgarian question in the late Ottoman Empire.

He completed his PhD in 1943 in the same department. He attended Balıkesir Teacher Training School, and then Ankara University, Faculty of Language, History and Geography, Department of History where he graduated from in 1940.

His birthday is unknown but İnalcık chose for his birthday. He was born in Istanbul to a Crimean Tatar family, which left Crimea for Constantinople in 1905.

An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, 1300-1600 by Halil İnalcık