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Daily Lifestyle Managed by Natural Disasters in Anatolia
Abstract
The heart of Anatolia was devastated by two major droughts between 1800 and 1880. The severe winter conditions during this period, followed by subsequent floods, once again destroyed farmers' crops. The great earthquake in Bursa further burdened the already exhausted society with pain and sorrow. In this study, data will be evaluated to understand how people in Anatolia, exposed to successive disasters, had to adapt their livelihoods. The focus will be on how workshop-style collective production, which had begun to emerge in Anatolia on the brink of the Industrial Revolution, was disrupted by natural disasters, and why the agriculture-based economy remained predominant. The study includes observations on the changes in Bursa and Adana, where disaster-affected populations clustered after being displaced. The contribution of cheap labor, provided by victims of natural disasters, to the manufacturing sector in Bursa, Adana, Aydın, and Izmir is analyzed in relation to the small-scale industrial transformations in these cities. A comparison is made between the livelihoods of the local population before the disasters and their income sources afterward. Based on this comparison, the impact of disasters on livelihoods is discussed. Additionally, the types of disasters and their varying degrees of impact in Ankara and Konya are examined.
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Ethical Statement
MAKALEDE ETİK KURUL GEREKTİREN HERHANGİ BİR VERİYE YER VERİLMEMİŞTİR.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Late Modern Ottoman History
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Early Pub Date
November 16, 2024
Publication Date
November 17, 2024
Submission Date
June 18, 2024
Acceptance Date
September 17, 2024
Published in Issue
Year 2024 Volume: 11 Number: 31
Chicago
Erler, Mehmet Yavuz. 2024. “Daily Lifestyle Managed by Natural Disasters in Anatolia”. Osmanlı Mirası Araştırmaları Dergisi 11 (31): 699-713. https://doi.org/10.17822/omad.1502399.