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Devlet-i ‘Aliyye, Osmanlı tarihçiliğinin çağımızdaki en büyük isimlerinden Halil İnalcık’ın yarım yüzyılı aşan çalışmalarının bir ürünü. Eserin bu ilk cildi, Osmanlı Devleti’nin bir beylikten Orta-Doğu ve Balkanlar’ı hükmü altına alan güçlü ve köklü bir imparatorluk haline gelişine odaklanıyor. İnalcık, Osmanlı Klasik Dönemi’ni sadece siyasi bir tarih olarak ele almıyor. Siyasi tarihin ötesinde toplumsal–ekonomik alt-yapıyı, yani nüfus hareketleri, göçler, kitlelerin temel ihtiyaçları, tarım ve ticaretin bu ihtiyaçları karşılama şekilleri ve şehirleşme konularında da analizler yapıyor. Tarihsel sorunları açıklamada, geçmişten gelen geleneksel zihniyet ve kurumlar çerçevesinin tespitine girişiyor. İnalcık’ın geç Selçuklu döneminden I. Ahmed’in saltanatının başlangıç yıllarına uzanan üç yüzyıllık süreye dair araştırmalarını elden geçirerek bütünleştirdiği bu cilt, Osmanlı Devleti’nin bir parçası olduğu Avrupa Devletler Sistemi’nin girdiği büyük ekonomik bunalımla sonlanıyor.
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He was born in Istanbul to a Crimean Tatar family, which left Crimea for Constantinople in 1905. His birthday is unknown but İnalcık chose 26 May 1916 for his birthday. He attended Balıkesir Teacher Training School, and then Ankara University, Faculty of Language, History and Geography, Department of History where he graduated from in 1940. He completed his PhD in 1943 in the same department. His PhD thesis was on the Bulgarian question in the late Ottoman Empire. He entered the same school as an assistant, then he became assistant professor in 1946 and after his return from lecturing in the University of London for a while, he became a professor in the same department in 1952. He lectured in various universities in the United States as a guest professor. In 1972, he was invited by the University of Chicago. Between 1972 and 1993 he taught Ottoman history at the University of Chicago. In 1994, he returned to Turkey and founded history department at Bilkent University where he is still teaching. In 1993, he donated his valuable collection of books, journals and off-prints on the history of Ottoman Empire to the library of Bilkent University. He has been member president of many international foundations. He is a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Department of Historical Sciences. He is also a member of the Institute of Turkish Studies.
