Development of Ottoman Intellectual Process
Modernization, which describes the process of change in Western Europe in the 17th century, describes the new social structure that emerged from the dissolution of feudalism. The economic progress and political superiority that emerged in Western Europe with the modernization process have also made modernization a goal, a project to be achieved for the rest of the world. In this respect, the West has been presented and seen as a model for societies wishing to reach the level of development of the West. Ottoman modernization process can also be considered in this context. The Ottoman Empire, which had been superior to the West for a long time, was unable to keep up with the economic and political developments in the West and found its way back to the West. Initially, the aim of increasing contacts with the West in this process was to bring Western scientific, economic, technological and institutional developments to the country. However, modernization, which...
