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Plague of 1900 and the Economic Effect on the Overseas Commerce of Izmir

Year 2020, Volume: 35 Issue: 1, 383 - 403, 23.07.2020
https://doi.org/10.18513/egetid.770023

Abstract

Domestic economic activities and international commerce of Izmir were severely impaired by the strict quarantine of 1900 adopted against the presence of plague. However, the plague cases were very few, strict quarantine measures imposed. The epidemic and then quarantine left a major impact on the economy of Izmir and conflicts arose between the health commission, local and foreign merchants. All business-related activities such as labour movements, shipping services, foreign trading operations and business meetings suffered. Archival documents report that unemployment soared and scarcity of food started to become a major problem and meetings were organised to protest the situation. This paper aims to analyse the economic effects of the epidemic of 1900 by focusing on the decline in commercial operations and economy. Ottoman archival documents, Ottoman Yearbooks (salname) of Izmir as well as British consular reports are used for that purpose.

References

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1900 Yılı Veba Salgını ve İzmir’in Dış Ticaretine Etkileri

Year 2020, Volume: 35 Issue: 1, 383 - 403, 23.07.2020
https://doi.org/10.18513/egetid.770023

Abstract

1900 yılında İzmir’de baş gösteren veba salgını İzmir ve çevresi illerin ekonomik faaliyetlerini ve dış ticaretini olumsuz etkilemiştir. Hükümetin ve yerel otoritelerin ağır karantina tedbirleri aldığı iddia edilen uygulamalardan İzmir ekonomisi olumsuz etkilenmiş, karantina komisyonu ile yerli ve yabancı tüccarların uygulamaların anlaşmazlığa düşmesine neden olmuştur. İş gücü hareketleri, denizcilik hizmetleri ve dış ticaret gibi bütün iktisadi faaliyetler karantina tedbirlerinde olumsuz etkilenmiştir. Osmanlı Arşivi belgeleri karantina sırasında işsizliğin arttığını, gıda kıtlığı baş göstermeye başladığını, tedbirler aleyhine toplantılar düzenlendiğini ve halkın valilik binasına yürüdüğünü yazmaktadır. Bu çalışma 1900 yılındaki veba salgını dolayısıyla uygulanan karantina tedbirlerinin İzmir’deki ticari faaliyetlere ve şehir ekonomisine etkisini analiz etmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Çalışma için esas olarak Osmanlı arşiv belgeleri, İzmir Salnameleri ve İzmir’deki Britanya Konsolosluğu Ticaret Raporları kullanılmıştır.


References

  • Beyru 2005 Rauf Beyru, 19. Yüzyılda İzmir’de Sağlık Sorunları ve Yaşam, İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kültür Yayını.
  • Bulmuş 2012 Birsen Bulmuş, Plague, Quarantines and Geopolitics in the Ottoman Empire. Edinburgh.
  • Dallaway 1797 James Dallaway, Constantinople Ancient and Modern: with Excursions to the Shores and Isşands of the Archipelago and to the Troad, Printed by T. Bensley, London.
  • Echenberg 2010 Myron Echenberg, Plague Ports: The Global Urban Impact of Bubonic Plague 1894-1901, New York University Press.
  • Fuller 1829 John Fuller, Narrative of a Tour through Some Parts of the Turkish Empire, Richard Taylor, London.
  • Hamlin 1977 Cyrus Hamlin, Among the Turks, American Tract Society, New York.
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Primary Language Turkish
Journal Section ARTICLES
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Emine Zeytinli This is me 0000-0003-2515-8819

Publication Date July 23, 2020
Published in Issue Year 2020 Volume: 35 Issue: 1

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APA Zeytinli, E. (2020). Plague of 1900 and the Economic Effect on the Overseas Commerce of Izmir. Tarih İncelemeleri Dergisi, 35(1), 383-403. https://doi.org/10.18513/egetid.770023
AMA Zeytinli E. Plague of 1900 and the Economic Effect on the Overseas Commerce of Izmir. TID. July 2020;35(1):383-403. doi:10.18513/egetid.770023
Chicago Zeytinli, Emine. “Plague of 1900 and the Economic Effect on the Overseas Commerce of Izmir”. Tarih İncelemeleri Dergisi 35, no. 1 (July 2020): 383-403. https://doi.org/10.18513/egetid.770023.
EndNote Zeytinli E (July 1, 2020) Plague of 1900 and the Economic Effect on the Overseas Commerce of Izmir. Tarih İncelemeleri Dergisi 35 1 383–403.
IEEE E. Zeytinli, “Plague of 1900 and the Economic Effect on the Overseas Commerce of Izmir”, TID, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 383–403, 2020, doi: 10.18513/egetid.770023.
ISNAD Zeytinli, Emine. “Plague of 1900 and the Economic Effect on the Overseas Commerce of Izmir”. Tarih İncelemeleri Dergisi 35/1 (July 2020), 383-403. https://doi.org/10.18513/egetid.770023.
JAMA Zeytinli E. Plague of 1900 and the Economic Effect on the Overseas Commerce of Izmir. TID. 2020;35:383–403.
MLA Zeytinli, Emine. “Plague of 1900 and the Economic Effect on the Overseas Commerce of Izmir”. Tarih İncelemeleri Dergisi, vol. 35, no. 1, 2020, pp. 383-0, doi:10.18513/egetid.770023.
Vancouver Zeytinli E. Plague of 1900 and the Economic Effect on the Overseas Commerce of Izmir. TID. 2020;35(1):383-40.