The Relation Between Ahi-Order and Capitalism
Begüm AKAN Doç.Dr. HAYRETTİN KESGİNGÖZ
AbstractAhi community was established in the Anatolian territories and stayed from the foundation of Ottoman Empire to 1912.Financial revolutions which occured in the earth caused Ahi Community became weak and inadequate. Besides, because of the Ottoman Empire was in its regression period, Ahi community could not reach its point in that time. Ahi community as procedur, observed peace and prosperity, producer, sharer and aimed and made real strong individual and community in moral. The ending of the Ahi Community; the weakness of Ottoman Empire, ahi-order's relation with capitalism which occured in the earth are the other important reasons which caused ending. This work's basis aims are to analyze the economy when Ahi community was in Ottoman Empire and when capitalism showed up itself in that period. The other aim is to understand the possiblity of bringing the ahi-order to the present and try to see whether there can be more fair process or not.