Özet:

Book of governments or mirrors for princes, which outline the framework of an ideal administration and are usually written with the mission of warning rulers or statesmen, are texts that are seen in both the eastern and western traditions. It is possible to compare these books, which offer evaluations on state administration, in many respects and to identify the similarities or differences between them. In this context, the study aims to contribute to the literature on mirrors for princes by comparing the works in the genre of this kind written in the same periods and represented in two different traditions. The study centers on the Koçi Bey Risalesi, presented by Koçi Bey to the sultan Murad IV in 1631, and the Teutscher Fürsten - Staat (The German Prince-State), presented by Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff to the Duke of Saxony-Gotha in 1656. Koçi Bey, who played an important role in the Ottoman administrative tradition and served as a statesman, and Seckendorff, one of the important representatives of cameralism, who served at various levels of government and whose works were taught in German universities for a long time, are important for comparative administrative studies because they lived in approximately the same period, held similar positions and wrote political treatises for similar purposes. When the works of the authors, who are considered as representatives of two different traditions, are analyzed, the prescription offered is quite different from each other. While Koçi Bey seeks the solution in the past, Seckendorff draws attention as the pioneer of a new movement. Thus, at this point, the study analyzes these works by evaluating them within different administrative traditions.

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