Review of the literature on Early Modern Ottoman Trade
Academic research, both in the East and the West, on the economic and commercial history of the Ottoman Empire during the early modern times has been lively for a long time. It seems that this research and interest have began to increase in recent years. Although a number of issues concerning the commercial interests of the Ottomans still wait to be elaborated by the researchers, a lot of work has been done and significant books have been published on the issue. Thus, a huge literature has come into existence concerning the early modern period. Giving this huge literature on the commercial interests of the Ottomans during the early modern times is difficult, a review of the picture will be extremely useful to the new researchers. This task is taken up in this paper.
MEHMET BULUT
