Özet:

The first acceptance of talking about the Enlightenment will be based on the fact that it is a ―situation‖ that has emerged in Europe. We say ―the situation‖ because Enlightenment is both ideological, political, social, and cultural, thus influence sall practices in society and has been influenced by them. So Enlightenment is not just one of them; it can be considered as both an intellectual and an operational process. This operational process has some how succeeded in Europe. However, in the case of the Turkish Enlightenment acting in a European focus, it is accepted that it has accelerated the collapse of Ottoman Empirein general, although it was partially successful. The main aim of our work we have devised to bring about the cause of this situation is to reveal the similarities and differences between the practices of these two enlightenments.

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