The Mystical Turn in Ottoman Political Thought

Episode 444
with Hüseyin Yılmaz hosted by Nir Shafir and Alp Eren Topal
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In medieval Anatolia, political authority could be found in surprising places. In this podcast, we speak to Hüseyin Yılmaz about the political role of Sufi leaders in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. We explore how these shaykhs could become powerful political leaders in their own right and how the nascent Ottoman state dealt with their power, ultimately participating in what Yılmaz calls "the mystical turn" in Ottoman political thought.
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