Ankara : The Department of International Relations and Institute of Economics and Social Sciences, Bilkent Univ., 1997.Thesis (Master's) -- Bilkent University, 1997.Includes bibliographical references leaves and index.This thesis is a study which aims to explore the cultural dimensions of
Ottoman politics and state tradition. The present study is an analysis of the
components of the political culture of the Ottomans until the end of the
sixteenth century. The components creating the sui generis political culture
of the Ottomans treated in this thesis are that of Islamic, Byzantine and
Turco-Iranian origin. An integral part of this study is also concerned with the
continuity and discontinuity of the Ottoman political culture in modem
Turkey. In the light of the above findings, the politico-cultural dimensions of
current relations of Turkey with the West are presented from the standpoint
of cultural historySoykut, MustafaM.S
