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Discussions about the causes of the decline of Islamic civilization and its sciences have been on a long way. The majority of the scientists, who make up mystery, are doing research on this issue in many European countries. But in general, the causes of the decline of Islamic sciences are addressed from a European-centric point of view. This is the reason why some Muslim scientists are opposed. Prof. Dr. Fuat Sezgin is also a scientist who has thought about this issue. Consciously, the Western researchers claim that Islamic sciences, unlike Western scientists, do not stop. It also strengthens his claim with various arguments. The evolution of the Islamic sciences, which he has conceptualized by giving the name of the creative age, is divided into long periods. According to Sezgin, each period has its own characteristics. It is impossible to reveal and correctly interpret the factors affecting the decline of Islamic civilization and its sciences without fully understanding them. The period in which Sezgin referred to as the creative age is generally VIII-XVII. covering the centuries. Many Western scientists have considered the Golden Age of Islamic Civilization VIII-X. They show the centuries. They believe that only these two centuries are the period in which the Islamic civilization is at the top of science. The intuition opposes it, and it also opposes the concept of Renaissance. In the time the Islamic civilization is considered to be downward, it claims that Muslims are much superior to the West in maping and maping. The Muslims are in the creative era with their own knowledge of each century. Hicri I. in Arabic grammar Hicri II. In chemistry and chemistry, Muslims are at an advanced level. In intuition, he has managed to show the place of Islamic civilization in the history of sciences with the twentieth-colored history of history of Arabic Schrifttums, which contains the catalogue of the Muslim allies and their works. This study focuses on Sezgin’s thoughts on the causes of the decline of Islamic sciences and the content of the creative age concept that belongs to himself. The study aims to discuss the development of the Islamic civilization and sciences of Sezgin in general and to reveal its originality in the interpretation of the facts that led to the stop of this process. In the preparation of the article, the works containing classical views on civilization and scientific history, the work of civilization historians scientists and the conferences and speeches that Sezgin gave on scientific history in various times were also used.

Özet:

The debate over the reasons for the decline of the Islamic civilization and sciences has been going on for many years. The scientists, the majority of whom are orientalists, have been doing studies on this topic in many countries of Europe. However in general, the reasons for the decline of the Islamic sciences are addressed from a European-centric perspective. Therefore, this situation causes objections of some Muslim scholars. Prof. Dr. Fuat Sezgin is a historian of science who has pondered on this subject. Sezgin claims that, unlike Western researchers, the Islamic sciences do not decline but simply stagnate. He reinforces this claim with various arguments. He divides the development process of the Islamic sciences into long periods, which he conceptualizes by giving the name the Creative Age. According to Sezgin, each period has its own characteristic features. It is not possible to reveal and interpret the factors affecting the decline of the Islamic civilization and sciences without understanding them fully. The period that Sezgin describes as the Creative Age covers the VIII-XVII centuries in general. Many Western scientists consider that the Golden Age of the Islamic Civilization is VIII-X centuries. According to them, only these two centuries are the peak period of the Islamic civilization in the field of science. Sezgin objects to this and opposes the concept of Renaissance. He argues that Muslims were far superior to the West in mapping and cartography during the period when the Islamic civilization was thought to have declined. In the creative age, Muslims are at the forefront with the unique sciences of each century. For Example, Muslims were at an advanced level in Arabic grammar in the first century AH and in chemistry and alchemy in the second century AH. Sezgin managed to show the place of the Islamic civilization in the history of sciences with his seventeen volume collection, Geschichte des Arabischen Schrifttums, which included a catalogue of Muslim scholars and their works. This study focuses on Sezgin's thoughts on the reasons of the decline of the Islamic sciences and also the content of his own concept of creative age. In this study, in general, Sezgin's approach to the development of the Islamic Civilization and sciencesand his originality in interpreting the facts that cause this process to stagnate is aimed. In the preparation of the article, the works containing the classical views on the history of civilization and science, the works of the historians of civilization and Sezgin's lectures and interviews on the history of science have also been used

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