Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Tez Türü: Yüksek Lisans
Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi, İşletme Fakültesi, İktisat Bölümü, Türkiye
Tez Danışmanı: Yusuf Balcı
Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2025
Tezin Dili: Türkçe
Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
Desteklendiği Program: Bu tezi destekleyen bir program bulunmamaktadır
Özet:
The Arabic word Akhi or
the Turkish word Akhi refers to the lexicon of brotherhood. The Akhi
guild emerged as an organised body of youth warriors and craftsmen deeply
influenced by the Sufi traditions set by Sheikh Abdel Ali and Ibn
Arabi during the Turk Baylick days. Turk Baylicks emerged as
the centre of Islamic power in the region during the 15th-century Mongol
carnage in Euro-Asia. The Turkish youth at the time, dismayed by the fall of
the Seljuk sultanate and decimation of Baghdad, Samarkand, and Bukhara, flocked
to the rising Akhi Guild for guidance and stability. The spiritual leaders who
had fled from the Mongol carnage also turned to the Northern Turk Baylicks
for patronage and protection through the Akhi Guild structure. The stability
and strength of the Turk Baylicks metamorphosed under the Ottoman rule. During
the Ottoman rule, the Turkish as well as the non-Turkish youth from Arab,
Caucasia, and Persian Islamic regions flourished under the patronage of the
Ottomans’ organised trade and cultural systems, leveraging the Akhi Guild. The
Ottoman Sultans also used the Akhi Guild as a platform for community protection
and skills development throughout their history. The contemporary historical
accounts of the Akhi Guild are largely obscured due to the biased views
expressed by the 20th-century Orientalist historians, such as Herbert Akbert Gibbons'
work titled, The Foundation of the Ottoman Empire. Such works make
fleeting references to the Akhi Guild merely as a paramilitary youth force used
by the Ottoman Sultans to wage special operations. Akhi Guilds were far more
significant in the transformation of the Turkish youth at the time in terms of
their skill development, trade crafts, and military warfare capabilities. The
Arab historian Juzjani’s thirteenth-century work titled Tabaqat e
Nasir’i and Rashid Ud Din’s work titled Jami Al Tawarikh provide
detailed accounts of the Akhi Guild’s role in the establishment of youth trade
schools and entrepreneurial markets that were based on the ethical principles
of Islamic economics and Spiritual philosophy. This paper examines the socio-cultural and historical underpinnings of the Akhi
Guild from its inception to its demise, given the cultural creep of the Western
colonial powers in the Euro-Asian region.
Key Words: Akhi Philosophy, Akhi Guild,
Akhi Youth Force, Euro Asian Empires, Social Guilds
Jel Codes: N33, N35, Z12, Z13