IMAGES OF AN OTTOMAN TOWN IN RUMELI– ETHNODEMOGRAPHIC, ECONOMIC AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT OF ESKIHISAR ZAĞRA, XVTH-XVIITH CENTURIES

Öz

The present article is based on the information preserved in ottoman tax registers (taputahrir defters) – both detailed and synoptic, XVth–XVIIth centuries, documents preserved at the Oriental department at the National Library in Sofia, travelers’ accounts, ottoman chronicles and published memoires. It reveals the etnodemographic changes and the processes of colonization of Muslim population in one of the towns in Ottoman Rumelia–Eskihisar Zağra. It traces back the process of the organization of the urban space and the building of Muslim houses of worship in the town. The last part of the study reveals the economic profile of the settlement.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Etnodemographic
• Ottoman
• colonization
• Rumelia
• urban architecture

XV-XVII Yüzyıllarda Rumeli’de Bir Osmanlı Kasabası: Eskihisar Zağra’nın Etnodemografik, Ekonomik ve Kentsel Gelişimi

Öz

Bu makale 15. ve 17. yüzyıla ait mufassal ve icmal tapu tahrir defterlerine, Sofya’da Milli Kütüphanenin Şarkiyat Bölümünde muhafaza edilen belgelere, seyahat raporlarına, Osmanlı kroniklerine ve yayınlanmış hatıratlara dayanmaktadır. Osmanlı Rumelisinin bir kasabası olan Eskihisar Zağra’da etnik-demografik değişim ve Müslüman nüfusun kolonizasyonunu ortaya koymaktadır. Kasabada şehir mekanının organizasyonu sürecini ve Müslüman ibadethanelerinin inşasını araştırmaktadır. Çalışmanın son bölümü yerleşimin ekonomik yapısını ortaya koymaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Etno-Demografya
• Osmanlı
• Kolonizasyon
• Rumeli
• şehir mimarisi.

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