TY - JOUR TT - On the literature of Ottoman artisans esnaf and industry AU - Kal'a, Ahmet PY - 2003 DA - May JF - Türkiye Araştırmaları Literatür Dergisi JO - TALID PB - Bilim ve Sanat Vakfı WT - DergiPark SN - 1303-9369 SP - 245 EP - 266 IS - 1 N2 - The studies on Ottoman artisans (esnaf) have, to a great extent, focused on the Ahi-Esnaf nexus, guilds, gediks, esnaf surveys and narh regulations. This study examines the implications of Ahi organization on Ottoman artisans, and the evolution of the artisan unions and gediks. The academic studies in this field that were started with Taeschner, Babinger and Köprülü, were further improved by Gölpınarlı and these studies covered the period until the 17th century. The ongoing studies have shown that the Ahi organization had continual impacts on Ottoman artisans in the post-17th century as well. This study also analyzes the literature on Ottoman industry. Until recently most studies have concentrated on the relationship between Ottoman worldview and industrialization. Whether Islam was an obstacle for industrialization or not was the focal point of these studies. With the opening of new archival materials, it became clear that the Ottomans were keen on industrialization and it was the lack of raw materials and inability to create new technologies, rather than Ottoman worldview, that were effective in the failure of Ottoman industrialization. The import of new technologies was quite expensive and led, not only in the late Ottoman History but also in the Republican Period as well, to the closure of many factories. Finally, the article calls for new studies in these two fields and gives a rich bibliography on Ottoman artisans and industrialization. CR - M. Ziya, Tarih-i Sanayii, Karabet Basımevi, İstanbul, 1309/ 1891, İstanbul Üniversitesi Kütüphane No: 86402. CR - DEANE, Phyllis, İlk Sanayi İnkılâbı, Çev.: Tevfik Güran, A.K.D.T.Y.K., T.T.K. Yay., Ankara 1994. CR - DÖLEN, Emre, Tekstil Tarihi - Dünyada ve Türkiye’de Tekstil Teknolojisinin ve Sanayiinin Tarihsel Gelişimi, Marmara Ün. Tek. Eğ. Fak. Yay., İstanbul 1992. CR - GÜRAN, Tevfik, Tanzimat Döneminde Osmanlı Maliyesi: Bütçeler ve Hazine Hesapları (1841-1861), A.K.T.D.Y.K., T.T.K. Yay., Ankara 1989. CR - ÖKÇÜN, Gündüz, Osmanlı Sanayii-1913,1915 Yılları Sanayi İstatistiki, A.Ü.S.B.F. Yay. No: 299, İkinci Basılış, Ankara 1971. CR - QUATAERT, Donald - Zürcher, Eric Jan (derleyenler), Osmanlı’dan Cumhuriyet Türkiyesi’ne İşçiler (1839-1950), İletişim Yayınları, I. Baskı, İstanbul 1998. CR - QUATAERT, Donald, Ottoman Manufacturing in The Age of The Industrial Revolution, Cambridge University Press, First Published, Great Britain 1993. CR - QUARAERT, Donald, Sanayi Devrimi Çağında Osmanlı İmalat Sektörü, (Çev: Tansel Güney), İletişim Yayınları,, İstanbul 1999. CR - SAYAR, Ahmet Güner, Osmanlı İktisat Düşüncesinin Çağdaşlaşması-Klasik Dönemden II. Abdülhamid’e, Der Yayınları, İstanbul 1986. CR - ŞENTÜRK, Cavit-Erdal, Yaman-Türkyılmaz, Oğuz, Türkiye’de Pamuklu Tekstil Sanayiinin Tarihsel Gelişimi ve Bugünkü Durumu, T.M.M.O.B., Makine Mühendisler Odası Tekstil Raporu, 1976. UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/talid/issue//528506 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/651465 ER -