Akademik Platform Helal Yaşam Dergisi

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Akhism is one of the leading institutions that shaped the social and cultural life of medieval Anatolia. The Ahi organization is a cultural environment that brings together people of high moral values. Akhism, which has an important place in the Ottoman cultural history, has connected all its strength, especially young people, especially artists and tradesmen, with a bond since its establishment, and has aimed to educate them spiritually and morally, thus producing a high-level society. Ahi Order was the first professional organization and the first serious vocational education institution. Akhism is a deep-rooted value belonging to Anatolia, which is not only related to the professional field but also includes religious, moral, social, cultural and political functions. Denizli and its surroundings, which are located on important trade routes between the east and the west and have fertile agricultural lands, have had a lively commercial activity in every period of history and have included a rich tradesman culture from the very early periods thanks to its deep-rooted urban planning tradition. The Turks, the new owners of this rich and ancient city, came to this neighborhood in the 13th century. Starting from the end of the century, they moved their own city culture and therefore their tradesmen's organizations to Denizli and its surroundings, creating a much richer market culture there. It is understood that the Akhism, the Turks' own tradesmen's organization, had a deep and decisive influence in the region, which came under Turkish domination during the Principalities period and gained a vibrant urban culture during the Ottoman Empire, from the very early periods.