MAIN DYNAMICS OF THE OTTOMAN PEACE

Abstract

In the history of world, the periods of peace and tranquility as well as the periods of chaos and destruction are encountered. The Ottoman Peace has an exceptional location in terms of providing peace. In the inherence of the Ottoman Peace lies the allowance of these nations with different beliefs and ethnic origins to live in peace within the legal and administrative system of the Empire by protecting their religion, language and other cultural characteristics. What is the emotion that pushes the Ottomans to overlook, even to help, the religions and languages that are different from the dominant geography of the Ottoman while the history has witnessed the practices of destruction and relocation policies as well as assimilation? The answer to this question should be searched in the perception of civilization of the Ottoman Empire. Although the Ottoman Peace does not have a written document like Westphalia Peace, it is seen that the Ottoman Peace is based on a system of strong values which focuses on human. This paper aims to explain the civilization perception of the Ottoman Empire by comparing the values of Western Civilization.