RURAL SETTLEMENTS FROM OTTOMAN ANATOLIA: THE CASE OF THE DISTRICT OF KIRELI OF KONYA OF 1845

Year 2023, Volume: 20 Issue: 79, 654 - 660, 27.09.2023

Mehmet Akif Erdoğru

https://doi.org/10.56694/karadearas.1367546

Abstract

This research article is based mainly on Ottoman archival data of 1845. They are manuscripts, written in Ottoman
Turkish. Ottoman government needs cash in the years of 1820s due to wars with Russia and Iran. To achieve this,
the state demands extra taxes from all peasants of Anatolia. In this study, the economic situation of 22 small Muslim
villages of the district of Kıreli of Konya of Anatolia was examined in outline. Agriculture and livestock were the main
means of livelihood for the Muslim peasants. However, with the increase of the population, the economic resources
were not enough for the Muslim peasants and the nomads (Yörük) living in this region. Many men had to leave their
villages and went to the large cities to earn struggle for life. Ottoman administration founds them there and also
taxes the labor. This was a very heavy practice for them. In the region, most villages were abandoned. The peasants
had to be content with only rural resources. The vacant agricultural lands were immediately planted by the surrounding
peasants.

Keywords

Tanzimat, Konya, Kıreli, Peasants, Ottomans, Temettuat, Daftar

References

• Unpublished Ottoman Archival Documents (in Ottoman Turkish): Temettuat Daftars of 1261 (1845) from Archives of Ottoman of Turkish Presidency, Istanbul: No. 10202. The village of Görünmez
• No. 10203. The village of Tuzluca
• No. 10204. The village of Yenice
• No. 10205. The village of Kaba
• No. 10206. The village of Balganda
• No. 10207. The quarter of Çay
• No. 10208. The village of Fele
• No. 10209. The village of Köşk
• No. 10210. The village of Sadıkhacı
• No. 10211. The village of İlmen
• Rural Settlements from Ottoman Anatolia: The District of Kıreli of Konya of 1845 659
• No. 10212. The village of Çukurkent
• No. 10213. The village of Hordu
• No. 10214. The village of Kiçi
• No. 10215. The village of Suvarık
• No. 10216. The quarter of Bazar
• No. 10217. The village of Ebulvefa
• No. 10218. The quarter of Sağir
• No. 10219. The village of Kınık
• No. 10220. The village of Kıyakdede
• No. 10221. The quarter of Orta
• No. 10222. The village of Selki
• No. 10223. The village of Budak
• No. 10224. The village of Üyük
• No. 10225. The village of Suludere
• No. 10226. The village of Çavuş
• No. 10227. The village of Göçeri
• Published:
• ERDOĞRU, Mehmet Akif, 2003, Göller Bölgesinde Bir Kasaba: Çavuş, Ege University press, İzmir
• ERDOĞRU, Mehmet Akif, 2004, Beyşehir Sancağının 1584 Tarihli Nüfus Sayımı (Beyşehir, Seydişehir, Bozkır), Ege University press, İzmir.
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