1.0DMY Philosophyhttps://www.dmy.info/endmy.infohttps://www.dmy.info/en/author/asdfg/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Io18mUn06A"><a href="https://www.dmy.info/en/problems-of-social-sciences-in-turkiye/">Problems of social sciences in Türkiye</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.dmy.info/en/problems-of-social-sciences-in-turkiye/embed/#?secret=Io18mUn06A" width="600" height="338" title="“Problems of social sciences in Türkiye” — DMY Philosophy" data-secret="Io18mUn06A" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.dmy.info/en/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.dmy.info/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/06/sosbil-1024x1024.png10241024The Underdevelopment of Turkish Social Sciences Turkish social sciences—including fields like law, literature, history, political science, economics, psychology, and sociology—are among the weakest in the country. This is primarily because Turkey has fallen behind its European counterparts and has historically prioritized areas deemed essential for its survival. The military has always been the foremost focus; Turkey has consistently been a dominant military power in the region. Skilled labor was constantly drawn into the armed forces; in this militaristic society, the highest skill was considered to be warfare. The Ottoman Empire, Turkey’s predecessor, relied heavily on a war economy and, in