مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري

Abstract :

It is known that the foundation of Ahi organization was based on the Fütüvvet Organization, which was institutionalized by the Abbasid caliph Nasr Li Dinillah. The principles for acceptance to the organization were discussed in the fütüvvetname written by Sihabeddin Sühreverdi in Baghdad. This organization spread all over the Islamic world and every nation included their own elements to the Fütüvvet Organization. We can find many elements reflecting the Turkish Culture in this organization. Taking the name of “Ahi” at first in Anatolia, it became an organization of the craftsmen and is the characteristics of only the Turkish people. Also the Secere-name and Fütüvvet-names written by the Turks are different from the others. The rules stated there range from the orders that the fütüvvet members have to obey to the rules that what kind of clothes they have to wear. In this study, the Ahi members’ clothing will be analyzed as the Ahi organization is one of the most important institutions of the cultural history of Turkey.