Özet:

A series events which to pave the way for scientific specialism and positivism in the west affected the Ottoman traditional thought and knowledge. In this way, from the beginning of nineteenth century to Tanzimat period, Ottoman intellectual structure lived the changing process from the point of views of cultural and political. The liberal economic thought was effective on Ottoman elite because of the translated and original works, published journals and news and especially the effects of British diplomats in that process. The some of representatives of liberal side in Mecmua-i Fünun who was educated in Britain and they were under effects of Smithian and Ricardian economic thought. In this regard it seems that liberal view especially was represented by Münif Paşa, Mehmed Şerif and Ohannes Paşa. Their articles included the ideas on Ottoman’s trade seeing and its point of being content with little . On the other hand Ottoman people was deprived of enterprising spirit. His knowledge accumulation was insufficient, so main problem was intellectual, not physical. Finally Turkish economic thought entered into the European theoretical and political impression in nineteenth century and this process was an important stage of Turkish modernism.

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