Soon after the open Department of Business Economics in the Faculty of Economics at Istanbul University, in 1937, studies on the main topics of private and public enterprises within the field of economics were started. From that time to 1954, the finance, accounting, and administration lectures were given to executives there. However, with the aim of "...to train managers in private and public enterprise" the Business Economics Institute established in 1954, and the addition to above-emphasized lectures, the management lectures were started to be given. Considering the developments, the lack of academic publications on modern business management came to the fore in the Turkish context. The Business Management books, written by the professors of Istanbul University Institute of Business Economics, had been influenced by the founder professors Alfred Isaac, Ali Özeken, Muhlis Ete's Management books (Sevk-u Idare). In time, business management transformed from being one of the fields of economics into a discipline which is consist of own aspects, such as human resources, organizational behavior, organizations, etc. Soon after the establishment of the Institute of Business Economics, professors Mehmet Oluç, Kemal Tosun, Erol Eren published business management books there. The professors continued to write and publish management books, at the Faculty of Business Administration, one additionally, professor Tamer Koçel. In this respect, it can be stated that publishing books in the field of Business Management has become a tradition between Istanbul University professors. The books came this tradition influenced by developments in the political, economic, social, and technological fields in Turkey. In this circumstance, it can be said that the contents of business management books can be affected by the terms of their periods. The research aims to examine the business management books published by the Istanbul University professors at different times and revealed what developments experienced related to the term of its periods. The research is significant because (1) brings out what similar and diverging points of the periods, (2) examines the development considering what kind of effects developed over time. The four professors different book editions were studied. S a y f a 100 24 Eylül 2020 III. İşletme Tarihi Konferansı Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi I I I . İ ş l e t m e T a r i h i K o n f e r a n s ı Data were obtained by document analysis method that one of the qualitative research data collection methods. Different editions of each Business Management book were examined parallel comparative history study method within the content analysis method. The periodical differences brought out. The book writing tradition process were split into three term, namely up to 1970s, 1970 to 1990, and 1990 to 2010s. Due to industrial innovations and innovations in communication technologies, the contents of management books have changed rapidly since the 1990s. On the other hand, books published until the 1970s are almost the same in content and, their scope is also similar.