Duacınız Elçinin Takrirleri: XVIII. Yüzyılda Osmanlı Devleti'nde Sunulan İngiliz Ticari Dilekçeleri

Year 2015, , 163 - 191, 10.08.2015

Michael Talbot

https://doi.org/10.18589/oa.582789

Abstract

Bu makale, 18. yüzy‘l‘n ortalar‘nda ve sonlar‘nda ơngiliz elçisi taraf‘ndan Osmanl‘ hükümetine sunulan takrirleri, Osmanl‘ dilekçe sistemi çerçevesinde ve elçinin
konsolosluk görevlerine ‘ƾ‘k tutmak amac‘yla inceleyecektir. Bu belgelerin ƾekil ve dili
deƭerlendirildikten sonra, iki tip vaka analiz edilecektir. ơlk gruptaki vakalar kapitülasyonlar ve diplomatik gelenekler uyar‘nca ơngiliz tüccarlar ve seyyahlar taraf‘ndan
talep edilen karada ve denizde seyahat özgürlüƭü ve mal güvenliƭini konu almaktad‘r.
ơkinci grup ise kapitülasyonlar ile diƭer hukuki uygulamalara konu olan ve ơngiliz
ve Osmanl‘ tabileri aras‘nda gerçekleƾen daha karmaƾ‘k davalar‘ içermektedir. Bu
belgelerin incelenmesi diplomasinin uygulamas‘n‘ görmemize imkan saƭlaman‘n
yan‘s‘ra, metin ve geleneƭin, kapitülasyonlar‘n esnek bir yorumu üzerinden ơngiliz
tüccarlar‘n‘n hak ve özgürlüklerini Osmanl‘ dilekçe sistemi üzerinden nas‘l düzenlendiƭini göstermektedir.

Keywords

Takrirler, Kapitülasyonlar, Osmanl‘-ơngiliz iliƾkileri, Ticaret, tüccarlar

Petitions of the Supplicant Ambassador: British Commercial Representations to the Ottoman State in the Eighteenth Century

Abstract

ThJs artJcle examJnes the body of takrJrs – wrJtten representatJons – from
the BrJtJsh ambassadors Jn Istanbul to the Ottoman government Jn the mJd- and
late eJghteenth century, aJmJng to place these dJplomatJc representatJons wJthJn the
wJder Ottoman petJtJonary framework, and to Jllustrate the role of the ambassador
Jn provJdJng consular functJons. It dJscusses the form and lJnguJstJc style of these
documents, before analysJng the two maJn types of cases found. The fJrst concerns
the freedom of movement and freedom from harassment requested by BrJtJsh travellers on land and at sea, Jn accordance wJth the rules of the CapJtulatJons and custom.
The second group of cases dealt wJth more complex legal dJsputes between BrJtJsh
merchants and Ottoman subjects and offJcJals JnvolvJng the CapJtulatJons and other
sorts of legal practJces. ExamJnJng these documents permJts a vJew of the practJce
of dJplomacy, and demonstrates how text and custom combJned through the fluJd
JnterpretatJon of the CapJtulatJons Jn order to regulate the rJghts and freedoms of
BrJtJsh merchants through the Ottoman petJtJonary system. 

Keywords

PetJtJons, CapJtulatJons, Ottoman-BrJtJsh relatJons, Trade, merchants

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