Milena Petkova, Meždu Anatoliya i Rumeliya. Yurutsite i stopanskoto rayonirane na časti ot Tsentralnite Balkani, sredata na XV – sredata na XVI vek [Between Anatolia and Rumelia. The Yuruks and the Economic Zoning of Parts of the Central Balkans, Mid-15th – Mid-16th Century]. Sofia: Izdatelska Kăšta “Gutenberg”, 2021, 150 p., ISBN 978-619-176-182-1

Year 2025, Issue: 14, June 2025, 77 - 79, 29.06.2025

Mehmet Hacısalıhoglu

Abstract

Milena Petkova, a prominent Bulgarian historian specializing in the Ottoman history from Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”, focuses on the socio-economic history of Bulgaria during the early modern period (Ottoman era). In her present book, she explores the transfer of economic models by the Yörüks (Muslim nomadic or semi-nomadic groups) from Anatolia to the central Balkans.

Keywords

Ottoman Empire , Balkans , Bulgaria , Thrace , Economy

References

• Petkova-Encheva, Milena, “Administrirane na selishta v Trakya prez XVI vek – edna hipoteza za yuzhnata granitsa na Shishmanova Balgaria spored informatsiyata ot osmanski danachni registry ot XVI vek.“ [Administrative System of the Settlements in Thrace during 16th c. – a Hypothesis on the South Border of Shishmanova Bulgaria according to the Information Preserved in Ottoman Tax Registers], in: Iz praktikata na osmanskata kantselariya. Sbornik materiali ot mezhdunarodnata konferentsiya “Osmanskite registry – izwor za istoriyata na Balkanite – Sofia 23 oktomvri, 2009 [From the practice of the Ottoman state office. Selected materials from the international conference “Ottoman registers – source for the Balkan history – Sofia, 23rd October, 2009]. Sofia, 2011, 186-197.
• Petkova-Encheva, Milena, “Poselishtna mrezha i gastota na naselenieto v Iztochnia dyal na Trakiyskata nizina prez parvata polovina na XVI vek (kazite Stara Zagora, Chirpan, Nova Zagora i Haskovo)”. [Settlement Network and Population Density in Parts of Eastern Upper Thrace during the First Half of 16th c.]. in: Etnicheski i kulturni prostranstva na Balkanite. [Ethnic and Cultural Spaces in the Balkans]. Sofia, 2008, P.1, 244-308.
• Petkova-Encheva, Milena, “The Settlement Network in Upper Eastern Trace: Case Study of the Kaza of Hasköy During the Second Half of the XVth Century.“ – In: Dünden Bugüne Batı Trakya Uluslararası Sempozyumu“. İstanbul, 2016, 327-335.
• Petkova-Encheva, Milena, “Land Property in Ottoman Rumeli - Case Study on Land Possession System in Parts of Paşa Sancak (Ottoman Rumeli) (Copies of Huccets and Sinirnames Preserved in Ottoman Taputahrir Defters of 16th century)”, 2nd International Archive Congress on Ottoman Lands, editor/s: Hatice Oruç, Mehmet Yıldırır, Songül Kadıoğlu, 2019, 779-790.
• Petkova, Milena, “The Process of Sedentarization of Semi-nomadic Groups of the Yoruks in Parts of 16th Century Ottoman Rumeli: Migration Control or Tax Control?”, Journal of Balkan and Black Sea Studies, Vol. 3, 2019, 25-43.
• Petkova, Milena, “Reclamation of Agrarian Space of Ottoman Rumeli, 15th – 16th centuries. Case study of the Kaza of Eskihisar Zağra”, Journal of Ottoman Civilization Studies, Vol. 6, 2021, 20-29.
• Petkova, Milena, Tsentralnite Balkani i osmantsite. Demografsko razvitie i agrarna ikonomika v Iztochniya dyal na Trakiyskata nizina prez XVI vek. [The Central Balkans and the Ottomans. Demographic Development and Agrarian Economy in Eastern Upper Thrace during the 16th century]. Sofia 2020.