CEVAP:

Although the Ulema is considered an important element of power in the Classical Age of Ottoman Empire, the form of religion-state relations was to a great extent different from that of Feudal Europe because, in the Ottoman, there was neither Church nor clergy. Religion, though being a major component of the administrative and jurisdical system of the state, was not the only determinant factor. The Ulema was in no position similar to that of clergy in Feudal Europe as it intervened in state affairs only to the extent that it was allowed to