The Ottoman Turks is a collection of essays by Dr. Carl Max Kortepeter on the Ottoman history. Having devoted many years of his research career to the study of the Ottoman history and relations of the Ottomans with the peoples on the borderlands of the empire, Dr. Kortepeter provides a dramatic insight into various aspects of the more than 600 years long Ottoman history. Ottoman policy and international relations as well as social structure, culture and economy are discussed on the basis of historical evidences also with several theoretical articles on history writing. An indispensable guide not only to the Ottoman East but also to a wider understanding of the West.