Prusyalı Emin Efendi (1813–1892): The Founding Director of the First Modern Law School (Mekteb-i Hukûk) in the Ottoman Empire

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Abstract

Joachim Christian Franz Schulz converted to Islam and adopted the name Emin Efendi around 1850. He belonged to the group of very well-educated European experts that the Ottoman state actively recruited during the Tanzimat period in order to push the reform process. He began his career in one of the central institutions of the state, the Translation Office of the Sublime Porte (Bâb-i Âli Tercüme Odası), served as a criminal judge, and was eventually appointed founding director of the first modern law school in 1879. Emin Efendi was an extraordinarily important figure for the establishment and development of the judicial education according to the Western model. As the founding director of the Mekteb-i Hukûk he shaped the guidelines for a systematic education of lawyers and laid the foundation of the later Istanbul University Faculty of Law. Although he was a convert and his ‘Prussian nature’ sometimes irritated those around him, his extensive knowledge of both Islamic and Western law made him highly respected among his students and Ottoman dignitaries, such as Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, who patronized him. Given his central role in the modernization process and his prominence, there is surprisingly little information about him. After a brief biographical overview, the article focuses on Emin Efendi’s professional activities and network. For this purpose, archival documents from German archives are used in addition to Ottoman sources.

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Transforming Southeast Europe During the Long 19th Century

Persons and Personalities as Agents of Modernization in the Ottoman and Post-Ottoman Space

Series:  Balkan Studies Library, Volume: 35
Cover Transforming Southeast Europe During the Long 19th Century
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06 Jun 2024
Front Matter
Part I Introduction
Part II Foreign Agents of Institutional Modernization in the Ottoman and the Post-Ottoman Urban Centres
Part III Agents of Social and Cultural Modernization: Tradition, Modernity, and Nation-Building in Imperial and Post-Imperial Context
Part IV Agents of Economic and Technological Modernization in the Ottoman Periphery
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