 Karl Marx as a political sociologist. So in this session we are going to discuss the topic as Karl Marx as a political sociologist. We all know that Karl Marx is a big name in the field of economics and specifically in for the believers or for the followers of communism, Karl Marx has a very important status in the field of, not only in the field of academia but as well as in the field of the practitioners of economy. But what is important for us here is that Karl Marx's status as a political sociologist. This is the philosopher who has linked society, economy and politics and how he has linked them with the specific reference of history. So that's why Karl Marx's status as a political sociologist has no doubt about it because he actually described the developments and the changes in context of history. From the beginning, the developments in history, the changes that came in, what were the important factors? If human history is understood or seen, then we can clearly say and know that when there were wars in history, it was for the believers. And what was the basis of the believers? They were fought for resources. Often wars were fought for their resources or for the ad-up or when resources were less, then we get the history of wars for the ad-up. So Karl Marx thinks that the developments in human society, the developments that come from different backgrounds, some of them are basically included. But in every era, in every society, social stratification was an important element. That is, every time in history, we saw that the society had a class system in it. The class system had different interpretations. It was given on time. And we still have evidences. And Karl Marx also made this as a basis for the relationship between history and the society. But then Karl Marx's important philosophy was that where the impact of history is on the progress of the society, along with the economic situation of every society that actually influences the development of any kind of society. That is, the society is connected to history, but the progress of the society is dependent on its economic situation. But whose responsibility is to maintain the economic situation? According to Karl Marx, that is the responsibility of the rulers. What kind of political system do rulers give to the society? And who does they defend their interests? In reality, this is the nature of the political system that we get from Karl Marx's point of view. Then Karl Marx highlighted a very important thing that is the relationship, nature of relationship between social, economic and political realities of life. Because there are many realities in every place. And those realities depend on the nature of relationship. If those realities are not explored, then no one can understand the actual nature of relationship between the society, between the state and their economic situation. So according to Karl Marx and why he has been declared the founding father of political sociology because he has explained this nature of relationship in detail and he has a strong command over this field of political sociology.