Fatih-Gennaidus Tartışmasının Ürettiği, Konjonktürel Bir Hıristiyanlık Eleştirisi.

The Ottoman state continued the traditions of previous Islamic states with its own specific additions. One of these was the tradition of refutation, which included religious criticisms of Judaism and Christianity. The historical sources mention two religious disputes that Ottoman Muslims had with Gregory Palamas and Manuel II Paleilogos from the beginning of the Ottoman state to the conquest of Istanbul by Mehmed II. Risālah, which is fairly certain to have been written one or two years after Mehmed II’s conquest of Istanbul (1454/55) and which is the subject of this article, is the first antiChristian refutation of the Ottoman period. The numbers of such refutations will increase later. David Thomas mentions the name of the Risālah as Hücecü’l-milleti’l-Hanifiyye wa cevābu kulli suāl. However, It provides no information about the reason for writing in the text or the name of the text itself or the author. It is understood from the contents of the Risālah that it is a direct defense of Islam through a criticism of Christianity. The conqueror Mehmed II had several religious talks with the Patriarch II. Gennadios Scholarios. The text in question was written upon a request for Gennadios to write a text that would summarize the Orthodox faith. The title of Gennadios’ text as “The Only Way to the Salvation of Humanity” and the orthodox belief principles it sets forth contain a direct challenge to the claims of Islam as the last religion and its criticisms of Christianity. Therefore, it can be said that the Risālah was request to write by Fatih in response to these challenges. The Risālah, which was composed based on Zāhidī’s er-Risālatü’n- Nāsıriyyah, consists of three parts. The first section is devoted to how the religious debate in the presence of the sultan would be conducted and answered to the questions asked by the Christians. The second part contains the miracles of Muhammad. (p.b.u). The third section deals with those who oppose his prophethood. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]