@article{article_1268600, title={An Enterprise to the Loss of the People in Chios “Chios Port and Dock Company”}, journal={Takvim-i Vekayi}, volume={11}, pages={27–80}, year={2023}, author={Baykara Taşkaya, Arzu}, keywords={Vergiler, Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid Vilayeti, Sakız Sancağı, Sakız Liman ve Rıhtım Şirketi, Vergiler, Ticaret}, abstract={Due to its location, Chios Island was the center of Eyalet (province) of the Archipelago (Eyālet-i Cezāyir-i Baḥr-i Sefīd in Ottoman Turkish) for a period. Especially with its close location to the Sanjak of Izmir, its trade structure gained momentum and expanded on a large scale. In order to develop the trade of Chios, first of all, the harbor was cleaned, followed by the construction of a port and docks. With the shift of Chios’ status as the provincial center to Rhodes, it was thought that the island’s trade structure should not lose its importance. Namık Kemal, who came here as mutasarrıf, wanted the state to do the construction and cleaning of the harbor itself and opposed the granting of the concession to foreigners. After the establishment of the Chios Port and Docks Company, complaints about high taxes increased. In order to alleviate the unrest caused by the company in Chios, the government considered building a new customs building in Langada, a place not within the company’s concession. But the company objected to this on the grounds that it would cause it losses. We can see from the documents that the state mediated between the community and the company to resolve disputes and grievances. In particular, many of the island’s main agricultural products such as wheat, barley, tobacco, fruit, leather and salt have been negatively affected by the customs procedures. With the sources of the Ottoman Archives of the Presidential State Archives, our article aims to convey the construction of the port on the island and its impact on the surrounding area, and the negative effects on the customs taxation system after the foreign concession company started to operate after 1895. It is given how the commercial structure of Chios, one of the most important islands of the Eyalet of the Archipelago, functioned with this company.}, number={1}, publisher={Eyüp Fahri KESKENLER}