Turna'nın Kalbi (The Heart of the Crane)
Subtitle: Yeniçeri Yoldaşlığı ve Bektaşilik (Janissary Brotherhood and the Bektashi Order)
Publisher: Bogazici University Publications
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Istanbul
Language: tur
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9786054238347
Description: Historical analysis of the janissary corps. The book covers the period between the foundation of the Hearth of Janissaries following the conquest of Hadrianopolis by the Ottomans and the start of the so-called "corruption" of the institution in late 16th century. It also gives a detailed description of the Hearth's military organization, its promotion system, ranks and locates it within the context of the Ottoman army as a whole. The focus of the book is the impact of the Bektashi Order on the janissary institution and in forming a warrior brotherhood for the individual janissaries. There is a chapter on 'Janissary and Death' in which the author describes how the janissaries conceived death through the Bektashi doctrine. There is a section relating the janissaries to the Japanese samurai and European knights, their early modern contemporaries.
Table of contents: title: Sıfırıncı Bölüm : Turna'nın Kalbine Giriş (Chapter Zero: Entering into the Heart of the Crane); title: Birinci Bölüm : Yeniçeri Ocağı (Chapter One: The Hearth of Janissaries); title: İkinci Bölüm : Askeri Organizasyon (Chapter Two: Military Organization); title: Üçüncü Bölüm : Yeniçerilerin Bektaşiliği Meselesi (Chapter Three: The Issue of Adherence of Janissaries to Bektashi Order); title: Dördüncü Bölüm: Bektaşi Yolu (Chapter Four: The Bektashi Path); title: Beşinci Bölüm: Yeniçeri Yoldaşlığı (Chapter Five: Janissary Brotherhood); title: Altıncı Bölüm: Yolda İlerlemek (Chapter Six: Advancing on the Path); title: Yedinci Bölüm: Yeniçeri ve Ölüm (Chapter Seven: Janissary and Death); title: Sekizinci Bölüm: Sonuç (Chapter Eight: Conclusion); title: Kaynakça (Bibliıography); title: Dizin (Index)