Research Article

Corruption of a Social Institution From a Protective Family System to Servanthood

Number: 7 May 31, 2009
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Corruption of a Social Institution From a Protective Family System to Servanthood

Abstract

The practice of besleme is based on hiring of children from poor families by wealthy individuals by agreeing with their parents or guardians in return for a determined fee both to be educated and protected and to be used in domestic service, an agreement that was registered by the qadi. Arranged in the form of protective family-servant with its peculiar features in Islamic law, the practice evolved into a social institution over time, being at times more popular than the institution of slavery. As a result of the abolition of slavery in the nineteenth century and various social motives such as internal and external migration and lack of institutionalization, the institution lost its quality as protective family, and gradually traditionalized, coming to fulfill the functions assumed by the institution of slavery. After this stage, it turned into a social problem involving the abuse of girls and exploitation of their labor by various means.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Legal History

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Research Article

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Publication Date

May 31, 2009

Submission Date

January 2, 2009

Acceptance Date

May 31, 2009

Published in Issue

Year 2009 Number: 7

APA
Bay, A. (2009). Corruption of a Social Institution From a Protective Family System to Servanthood. Türk Hukuk Tarihi Araştırmaları, 7, 21-45. https://izlik.org/JA27BS38SU
AMA
1.Bay A. Corruption of a Social Institution From a Protective Family System to Servanthood. Türk Hukuk Tarihi Araştırmaları. 2009;(7):21-45. https://izlik.org/JA27BS38SU
Chicago
Bay, Abdullah. 2009. “Corruption of a Social Institution From a Protective Family System to Servanthood”. Türk Hukuk Tarihi Araştırmaları, nos. 7: 21-45. https://izlik.org/JA27BS38SU.
EndNote
Bay A (May 1, 2009) Corruption of a Social Institution From a Protective Family System to Servanthood. Türk Hukuk Tarihi Araştırmaları 7 21–45.
IEEE
[1]A. Bay, “Corruption of a Social Institution From a Protective Family System to Servanthood”, Türk Hukuk Tarihi Araştırmaları, no. 7, pp. 21–45, May 2009, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA27BS38SU
ISNAD
Bay, Abdullah. “Corruption of a Social Institution From a Protective Family System to Servanthood”. Türk Hukuk Tarihi Araştırmaları. 7 (May 1, 2009): 21-45. https://izlik.org/JA27BS38SU.
JAMA
1.Bay A. Corruption of a Social Institution From a Protective Family System to Servanthood. Türk Hukuk Tarihi Araştırmaları. 2009;:21–45.
MLA
Bay, Abdullah. “Corruption of a Social Institution From a Protective Family System to Servanthood”. Türk Hukuk Tarihi Araştırmaları, no. 7, May 2009, pp. 21-45, https://izlik.org/JA27BS38SU.
Vancouver
1.Abdullah Bay. Corruption of a Social Institution From a Protective Family System to Servanthood. Türk Hukuk Tarihi Araştırmaları [Internet]. 2009 May 1;(7):21-45. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA27BS38SU