A Different Approach to Discussions on Ottoman Relations of Production: The Case of Hikmet K？v？lc？ml？

Different approaches to explain the structure of the Ottoman society and its relations of production have brought with significant discussions. These discussions have begun with the focus of Marxist environment on the Ottoman social structure because of the tendencies that ignore the reality of Turkey that come from its own social structure. The main theme of the discussions consists of the attempts to explain the conditions of transition to capitalism and the relations of production of the Ottoman, according to certain models. It is not possible to explain Hikmet K？v？lc？ml？'s approach with only one of these approaches such as feudalism, ATUT, pre-capitalism, patrimonialism or to see it as a sui generis social structure as historians have done. K？v？lc？ml？ treats the Ottoman society in his general history thesis as in pre-capitalist society forms and does not use another model. The point of view that K？v？lc？ml？ has while analyzing the Ottoman social structure, as well as being a unique model in itself, it contains some traits of other approaches