Abstract
The book titled Mehmet Genç: Bir Âlimin Hayat ve İsim Serencamı (Ötüken Yayınları, İstanbul 2022) is about the biography and academic works of Mehmet Genç. It depicts the story of his difficult life, his human virtues, his intellectual reputation, his scientific competence, and the contribution he made to Ottoman history and Ottoman economic history. Throughout the book it was illustrated that he acted as a model for his successors both in respect of his personality and his scientific-academic qualifications and that he changed the backward and passive perception of the Ottoman history and Ottoman economic history to be replaced with a dynamic and resistant character of the Ottomans.