Osmanlı Vakıf Yöneticilerinin Girişimci ve Makyavelist Liderlik Perspektifinden Değerlendirilmesi.

The aim of this study is to explain the activities of trustees, who were the managers of foundations in the Ottoman Empire, in relation to entrepreneurial and Machiavellian leadership typologies. In this context, it is discussed under which leadership typology the main motivation motive behind the trustees' aim of making profit through foundation transactions will be handled. In line with the purpose of the study, historical sources were analyzed by adopting an interpretative phenomenological approach from qualitative research techniques. In this context, a theoretical background on leadership, entrepreneurial leadership and Machiavellian leadership was created by making use of the existing literature to analyze managers in the context of the identified leadership typologies. With the evaluation of the findings obtained on the axis of the typologies, it was determined that foundation trustees have the characteristics such as initiative, analytical thinking, risk-taking, courage, etc. that a leader should have. Finally, it has been concluded that the trustees act on the axis of both entrepreneurial leader and Machiavellian leader typologies with the effect of the changes in the foundation institution and the economy in the historical process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]