Research Article

The Naval Council as a Negotiation Institution in the Ottoman Navy in the Moder-nization Period: Its Bureaucratic Structure and Working Methods [1877-1914]

Number: 25 June 15, 2025
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The Naval Council as a Negotiation Institution in the Ottoman Navy in the Moder-nization Period: Its Bureaucratic Structure and Working Methods [1877-1914]

Abstract

Starting from the second half of the 18th century, Ottoman politicians, who saw that the state was lagging behind the developed countries of the West in terms of military, economic, and technological aspects, understood that the way out of this situation depended on radical reforms. To this end, they initiated the transfer of Western technology. Reforms were also made in civil and military institutions. Commissions and assemblies were established to supervise the imple-mentation of laws. This situation ensured a participatory understanding based on negotiation in state organs. This study focuses on the deliberative assembly established within the naval forces of the Ottoman Empire. The institution, which was established in 1840 under the name Meclis-i Bahriye, was renamed Şûrâ-yı Bahriye in 1877. Although there are studies on the period up to this date, there is no study on the institution's institutional structure, working procedures, and activities from 1877 to 1914, when it was abolished. This article will seek answers to the questions of the effect of the assembly on the decision-making and implementation processes in the navy during the period in question and how this changed over time.

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References

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Details

Primary Language

Turkish

Subjects

Ottoman Central Organization , Late Modern Ottoman History

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 15, 2025

Submission Date

September 18, 2024

Acceptance Date

January 2, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 1970 Number: 25

Chicago
Korkmaz, Mehmet. 2025. “Modernleşme Dönemi Osmanlı Bahriyesinde Bir Müzakere Kurumu Olarak Şûrâ-Yı Bahriye: Bürokratik Yapısı Ve Çalışma Usulü [1877-1914]”. Osmanlı Medeniyeti Araştırmaları Dergisi, nos. 25: 83-104. https://doi.org/10.21021/osmed.1552060.

Indexes

SCOPUS, TÜBİTAK/ULAKBİM TR DİZİN [SBVT]

INDEX COPERNİCUS [ICI], ISAM, SOBIAD and Scilit.


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