This book attempts to shed light on the evolution of economics into a scientific branch, from the late Ottoman period into the Republican era, by means of introducing the thoughts of a prominent thinker, Dist. Prof. İbrahim Fazıl Pelin. Although historical studies on the early 20th century often refer to his name, a systematic and detailed analysis of Pelin’s social and economic thought does not exist in available literature. This research fundamentally focuses on compensating for this gap and determining the place of Pelin within this process of evolution since he represents a notable component in the generation enabling that transition. Although existing literature acknowledged Pelin predominantly a disciple of classical economic thought, he developed his own ideas and displayed an eclectic attitude by chasing a moderate path and he developed a socio-economic model based on social interest, which envisaged a balance between the state and the individual.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I TRANSFORMATION OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT FROM THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE TO THE TURKISH REPUBLIC

• The Evolution of Economic Thought in the Ottoman Empire
• Transformation to the Turkish Republic
• Distinguished Professor İbrahim Fazıl Pelin

CHAPTER II İBRAHIM FAZIL PELIN AND ECONOMICS

• İbrahim Fazıl Pelin’s Definition of Economics
• The Scope of Economics
• The Idea of “Law” in Economics & The Relationship Between Economics and Natural and
  Social Sciences
  • Economics in the Sphere of Natural and Social Sciences
  • he Relationship of Economics with Ethics, and Interest
  • The Relationship between the Economics and the Science of Law
  • Scientific Method in Economics
  • A New Glance at the Idea of Law: İbrahim Fazıl Pelin’s Theory of Law
  • İbrahim Fazıl Pelin and the Institutional Approach
• The State in the Thought of İbrahim Fazıl Pelin
  • The State and the Individual
  • The Intervention Areas of the State

CONCLUSION

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX