From the Chaotic Knowledge to the Synchronic: Mehmet Genç as a Theorist of Economic History

From the Chaotic Knowledge to the Synchronic: Mehmet Genç as a Theorist of Economic History This article aims, by following the footsteps of his mental world, to put forward and analyze as a whole the scientific adventure and findings of Mehmet Genç, who made an invaluable contribution to the Ottoman economic history by his academic studies. The article provides the reader with a short story of his life and his conception of science, economy, history, economic history, the methodology he used during and the results he reached at the end of his studies. The conclusion is assigned to the categorization and the evaluation of the findings of Mehmet Genç. The foremost personal findings of the author of this article concerning the academic studies of Genç centers around the assumptions that the robot picture drawn by Genç with regard to the Ottoman Economy is more extensive than it was supposed to be, that the methodology used in studies on Ottoman studies should be altered, that the traditional stereotyped approaches should be abandoned and that the explorations about Ottoman economic history should be multidimensional. Abdullah Mesud KÜÇÜKKALAY

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