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Rise of Indigenous Ottoman Viziers in the Sixteenth Century

XVI. Yüzyılda Yerli Osmanlı Vezirlerinin Yükselişi

Zahit Atçıl(BOĞAZİÇİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0002-1505-7769
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BELLETEN
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945–992
Publication Date
2025-12-08
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By situating this development within comparative European frameworks, the article argues that the rise of indigenous viziers represents a distinctive form of meritocratic integration in the early modern world.

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Objective & Hypothesis:This study explores the transformation of the Ottoman vizierate in the sixteenth century, highlighting the emergence of “indigenous viziers” who rose from humble origins through the devşirme levy and palace education.
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This study explores the transformation of the Ottoman vizierate in the sixteenth century, highlighting the emergence of “indigenous viziers” who rose from humble origins through the devşirme levy and palace education. Unlike earlier viziers—ulema scholars of madrasa training or Balkan and Byzantine aristocrats who maintained ties to their homelands—these new figures were entirely products of the Ottoman system. Educated in the palace school (Enderûn) and promoted through provincial and central offices, indigenous viziers embodied a unique model of state service rooted solely in loyalty to the sultan. Their careers illustrate both the centralizing ambitions of Suleyman the Magnificent and the broader Ottoman process of state-building, which replaced cosmopolitan or aristocratic bureaucrats with a cadre of palace-trained administrators whose authority could not be transferred to other dynastic contexts. By situating this development within comparative European frameworks, the article argues that the rise of indigenous viziers represents a distinctive form of meritocratic integration in the early modern world.

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Bu çalışma, XVI. yüzyılda Osmanlı veziriazamlığındaki dönüşümü inceleyerek, devşirme sistemi ve saray eğitimi yoluyla mütevazı kökenlerden yükselen “yerli vezirlerin” ortaya çıkışını ele almaktadır. Medrese eğitimi almış ulema kökenli ya da Balkan ve Bizans aristokrasisine mensup ve memleketleriyle bağlarını sürdüren önceki vezirlerin aksine, bu yeni vezirler bütünüyle Osmanlı sisteminin ürünleriydi. Enderûn’da yetiştirilen ve taşra ile merkezde çeşitli görevlerde tecrübe kazanan yerli vezirler, yalnızca padişaha bağlılık temelinde şekillenen özgün bir hizmeti modelini temsil ettiler. Onların kariyerleri, hem Kanuni Sultan Süleyman’ın merkezileştirme hedeflerini hem de Osmanlı devlet inşa sürecini yansıtmaktadır. Aynı zamanda bu süreç, kozmopolit veya aristokrat bürokratların yerini, otoritesi başka hanedan bağlamlarına aktarılamayan saray kökenli idarecilerin aldığı bir dönemi işaret etmektedir. Bu gelişmeyi Avrupa’daki çağdaş örneklerle karşılaştırarak makale, yerli vezirlerin yükselişinin erken modern dünyada özgün ve liyakate dayalı bir bürokratik sistemi sunduğunu ileri sürmektedir.

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Atçıl, Z. (2025). Rise of Indigenous Ottoman Viziers in the Sixteenth Century. BELLETEN, Cilt: 89 Sayı: 316, 945–992. https://doi.org/10.37879/belleten.2025.945

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