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Research student in Near and Middle Eastern Studies, focusing 17th century Ottoman Jews.
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This dissertation discusses the Rum empire ideology in the first half of the 15th century and its... more This dissertation discusses the Rum empire ideology in the first half of the 15th century and its impact on Mehmed II’s imperial policy by focusing on the epic and history dealing texts, and evaluates the ghazi and empire ideologies together. It seems that the two ideologies were combined, but after the conquest of Constantinople, discussions between them occurs. Nevertheless, Mehmed’s goal of conquering the Eastern Roman capital and becoming a Rum Kaiser had roots in early Ottoman history and literature. To find out a better understanding, a psychological perspective, collective unconsciousness theory, is used. This theory was helpful to understand the general unconscious thought in the first half of the 15th century.
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This dissertation discusses the Rum empire ideology in the first half of the 15th century and its... more This dissertation discusses the Rum empire ideology in the first half of the 15th century and its impact on Mehmed II’s imperial policy by focusing on the epic and history dealing texts, and evaluates the ghazi and empire ideologies together. It seems that the two ideologies were combined, but after the conquest of Constantinople, discussions between them occurs. Nevertheless, Mehmed’s goal of conquering the Eastern Roman capital and becoming a Rum Kaiser had roots in early Ottoman history and literature. To find out a better understanding, a psychological perspective, collective unconsciousness theory, is used. This theory was helpful to understand the general unconscious thought in the first half of the 15th century.