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The Akhism organization, which has been operating as a professional organization in Anatolia and the Balkans from the 13th century until the last periods of the Ottoman Empire, aimed that its members gain commercial ethics as well as being good masters in their profession. The Akhism organization, which can be considered as an educational institution in this respect, has demonstrated successful studies with the practices it has carried out in its education. This organization, which continues its education in line with the principles envisaged by the religion of Islam for commercial life, has created a cultural structure that contributes to the socio-economic life of the regions it is in with the education policies it implements. It is expected that the members will acquire many moral principles such as generosity, bravery, gentleness, chastity, patience, honesty, humility, and justice through the trainings given in the Akhism organization. These trainings, in which on-the-job training and off-the-job training are carried out together, are seen as a lifelong activity. In this article, it is aimed to introduce the Akhism culture formed by the Akhism organization, which has managed to train good people-masters for centuries by putting moral values at the center of trade, and to contribute to presenting the moral values that the Akhism organization has added to commercial life as an educational model for today's commercial life. At this point, official and civil institutions that are related to education and trade, especially the Ministry of National Education and the Union of Chambers of Tradesmen and Craftsmen, have duties. Because the education policies that the Akhism Order culture organization has successfully implemented for hundreds of years are sufficient to contribute to increasing the quality of today's vocational education and solving the problems experienced in business life.