The Scientific and cultural activities in Candarogullari principality

SUMMARYMaster ThesisTHE SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN CANDAROGULLARIPRINCIPALITYFatma GÜRGÖZELERThe University of FıratSocial Sciences InstituteMain Science Baranch of Islamic History2005, Page: 174Thanks to the Malazgirt Victory in 1071, doors of Anatolia were opened to Turksand the Miryakefalon Victory in 1176 certainly proved Anatolia to be a Turkishcountry.The years between 1282 and 1300 were full of disasters for Byzantium and theprincipalities which were the models of Turkish conquests in Western Anatolia wereshaped in these years. Candarogulları Principality is one of these models which declaredits independence by conquering Kastamonu in 1291. It lived freely till Fatih SultanMehmet?s period.Candarogulları Principalts paid great ettention to science and built mosques asmany construction activities took place, played an important role in TurkifyingAnatolia.Key Words: Candarogulları Principals, Kastamonu, Science, Culture.