Cumhuriyet Dönemi Bilim Tarihi Yazıcılığının İlk Örneği: Abdülhak Adnan Adıvar ve ?Osmanlı Türklerinde İlim?

Year 2004, Issue: 4, 687 - 700, 01.09.2004

İshak Arslan

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The first study in the Historiography of Science in the Republican Turkey: Abdülhak Adnan Adivar and "Osmanli Türklerinde ilim"

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Abdülhak Adnan Adıvar (1882-1955), is recognized as the first science historian of the
Turkish Republican Era. “Osmanlı Türklerinde İlim” (Science in the Ottoman Turks), is
Adıvar’s first work in the field of history of science. “Religion and Science throughout
History”, which is a general history of science, is his second major work in the field.
In this brief article, the focus is mainly on Abdülhak Adnan Adıvar’s “Osmanlı Türklerinde
İlim”, rather than discussing his academic works in general. In this regard, this
article is a general assessment of the method, content, major topics, bibliography and
the significance of the “Science in the Ottoman Turks” in the field of history of Turkish
science. Prior to the summary and analysis of the book, a brief introduction on the basic
aspects of the Adivar’s scholarship is written in order to provide useful insights to
the main work. In the summary and analysis of the book, the main topics of the table
of contents are taken as basis. In the conclusion part, main criticisms addressed to
“Science in the Ottoman Turks” are mentioned with the intention to give the reader a
broader perspective.

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