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Varol, Muharrem. Sirozîler: Âyânlıktan İlmiyeye Bir Hanedânlığın
- Authors: Hacer KILIÇASLAN
  Abstract: This paper is a review of the book entitled Sirozîler: Âyânlıktan İlmiyeye Bir Hanedânlığın Öyküsü [The Sirozis: Story of a Dynasty from Provincial Elites to Ulema] by Muharrem Varol on the famous provincial elite family from Siroz. After briefly introducing the chapters, it evaluates the research methods and findings of the book in comparison with the relevant literature. The book tells the family’s history in dialog with contemporary paradigms in the field of âyân (provincial elites) studies. Discussing the relationship between the individual and the structural, the author contributes to the literature on Ottoman âyâns.
  PubDate: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +030
A Contribution to Neighborhood Studies: Identification and Mapping of the
Eighteenth Century Suriçi Neighborhoods (1730-1787)
- Authors: Büşranur BEKMAN
  Abstract: Neighborhoods are complex units that reflect the financial, administrative, social, and spatial structure of Ottoman cities rather than simply being places of residence. For this reason, a wealth of information about neighborhoods and their inhabitants can be found in many historical sources, particularly in the Ottoman archives. Although these sources present valuable content, especially regarding names and locations, their richness necessitates studies on the methodology used in neighborhood studies. This study aims to contribute to neighborhood studies both descriptively and methodologically, while also exploring the limits of archival sources for the study neighborhoods. Besides, the study proposes an alternative method to the existing literature on determining and spatializing neighborhoods. In this context, based on the judicial court records, an inventory is prepared to choose the neighborhoods of Istanbul in the suriçi (intra muros) between 1730 and 1787. Furthermore, these neighborhoods are mapped using the ArcGIS program from Geographic Information Systems. Focusing on the 18th century, we present the sources, methods, and stages needed to determine the number, location, and names of Istanbul neighborhoods.
  PubDate: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +030
In Memory of Rifa'at Hoca: What he wrote and could (not) prove in
Ottoman Studies
- Authors: İrfan KOKDAŞ
  Abstract: Professor Rifa’at Ali Abou-El-Haj, a distinguished scholar of Ottoman studies, passed away on March 13, 2022. Obituaries written by scholars including Blumi, Kopuz, Gutman and Tezcan in various academic journals attest to the profound impact of his scholarly contributions, which have been recognized as seminal texts in the field of Ottoman and Middle Eastern studies during the post-1990 era. May he rest in peace. As much as his written works, he left a fine mark in Ottoman historiography with his effect on professional and student circle.
  PubDate: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +030
Alexandria: A Port in the Ottoman World of Production and Consumption
During the 18th Century
- Authors: Mücahide Nihal ENGEL
  Abstract: This article examines the trade of food supplies in Alexandria, a bustling Mediterranean hub for the grain and spices in the 18th century. Through a close study of archival sources, including imperial edicts addressed to the Egyptian governor, kadi, and local administrators, the article reveals the state’s attempts to control this trade, primarily by banning the export of commodities such as rice andcoffee. The state’s policies demonstrate that it aimed to control the direction of the movement of consumer goods in order to ensure their availability in the local markets and to prevent price increases, especially in Istanbul. The profile of consumers of these products are also evaluated. Moreover, the Ottoman administration encouraged the use of state (mîrî) galleons and tried to restrict European-flagged (müste’men) ships in the transportation of Egyptian goods from Alexandria to Istanbul. However, it had to give concessions and had to employ foreign ships throughout the century due to shortages in the number of domestic vessels.
  PubDate: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +030
Spatial Humanities and Ottoman Studies: The Potential of Geographic
Information System (GIS) for Ottoman Urban and Administrative History
- Authors: Fatma ALADAĞ
  Abstract: Technological tools that provide observing time and space simultaneously helped the emergence of new research areas concerning the effects of physical space on people and cultures and the capability of human perception in shaping space. Geographic Information System (GIS), particularly, goes beyond the physical aspect and enables “exploration of space” in relation to different questions, resources, and layers of the humanities. This study presents a method for applying Spatial Humanities in Ottoman studies as a new approach that enriches the field with its interdisciplinary structure by focusing on space. It discusses the contributions of this new field to the researcher to understand space. The study concretely exemplifies the interaction between concepts of space, humanities, and technology through a case study on the spatial thinking of the 16th century Ottoman archival documents, more specifically the Ottoman urban and administrative history. With a sample prepared from archival records of the Ottoman Empire, it maps administrative division with GIS technology and investigates the potential of Spatial Humanities.
  PubDate: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +030
Importance of Poetical Fetihnâmes as Historical Sources
- Authors: Muhammed Emir TULUM
  Abstract: Fetihnâmes, in the form of books, focus on the military expeditions and conquests of the Ottoman Empire. They are considered as individual histories in Ottoman historiography and are counted among literary genres in the tradition of classical Turkish literature. Constituting a significant part of the fetihnâme genre and being concentrated at the 16th century, most of the independent poetic fetihnâmes were written to describe the events in the expeditions in question rather than being pieces of art. However, among them, there are examples of having literary aspects exceeding their narrational values or drawing attention to their literary and historical elements simultaneously. This study aims to reveal the degree of practicality of the poetic fetihnâmes for conveying historical information. For this purpose, it draws attention to some special features of poetic fetihnâmes and aspects contributing to the studies on classical age of Ottoman history. It tries to determine their importance as a historical source by comparing them with historical sources and researches.
  PubDate: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +030
Sowerby, Tracey Amanda – Markiewicz, Christopher (ed.). Diplomatic
Cultures at the Ottoman Court C. 1500-1630. New York: Routledge Taylor &
Francis Group, 2021, 286 Page, ISBN: 9781000391862.
- Authors: M. Habib SAÇMALI
  Abstract: This editorial book takes Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, as its center and examines how different diplomatic cultures interacted with one another in the period between c. 1500-1630. It explores the diplomatic relations of both ad hoc embassies to Istanbul and resident ambassadors from various states or polities from Europe, Asia, and Africa with the Ottoman authorities. This examination makes significant contributions to the history of early modern diplomacy in general and Ottoman diplomacy in particular, rendering the book a reference source for diplomatic history.
  PubDate: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +030
Freitag, Ulrike. A History of Jeddah: The Gate to Mecca in the Nineteenth
and Twentieth Centuries. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2020. 407
Page. ISBN: 9781108746205.
- Authors: M. Talha ÇİÇEK
  Abstract: This paper reviews Ulrike Freitag's recent book, A History of Jeddah: The Gate to Mecca in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (2020), is based on careful and competent historiographical scholarship. It provides a comprehensive and analytical account of Jeddah's history and fills a significant void in the literature on Ottoman and Middle Eastern urban history, history of the Hijaz, and of port cities. As such, if translated, this book would attract a much broader readership in Turkey as well.
  PubDate: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +030
Report on the Third International Congress on the Ottoman Studies (OSARK)
- Authors: Ayşe KARAHAN
  Abstract: The 3rd International Congress on Ottoman Studies (OSARK) was held on September 7-9, 2022, at the Ziraat Bankası Library of Istanbul Medeniyet University in collaboration between Sakarya University Center for Ottoman Studies (OSAMER) and Istanbul Medeniyet University, Department of History and with the support of various institutions. The Congress featured dozens of presentations in the fields of Ottoman history, history of art and architecture, philology, digital humanities, history of law, philosophy, and science. In addition, thematic panels were organized as part of OSARK‘s aim to be a platform of academic interaction and cooperation. Scholars shared their original research on prominent topics and themes in Ottoman studies with an audience of more than 1500 people. OSARK 2022 aimed to bring together researchers from various parts of the world to create a shared memory and a novel perspective to the field of Ottoman studies.
  PubDate: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +030
Otakçıyân Mustafa Pasha Lodge with Its Socıal And
Spatial Position
- Authors: Serpil ÖZCAN
  Abstract: Dervish lodges served diverse functions at every stage of the Ottoman Empire. During the foundation of the Ottoman State, they had solid military aspects. In the following periods, lodges with vital educational elements started to appear. This situation made them the most widespread and networked institutions of the Ottoman Empire. For this reason, evaluating the lodges with their social aspects and positions is essential. This study examines the Mustafa Pasha Lodge founded by a member of the Naqshbandiyya order, was founded by Köse/Bahir Mustafa Pasha in 1753 and was an essential place among the Istanbul lodges. Later on, the lodge was revived by Meşrepzâde Mehmed Ârif Efendi and his family in 1849. The study offers maps prepared by digital methods (ArcGIS) grounded on the information in archival sources and foundation charters. It, thus, analyzes the lodge comparatively in terms of its location, population, income and services. It aims to contribute novel perspectives to the field by looking at the Mustafa Pasha Lodge via different methods and approaches.
  PubDate: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +030
Keskintaş, Orhan. Adalet, Ahlâk ve Nizam Osmanlı Siyasetnameleri.
İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 2017. 344 Page. ISBN: 9789750522789
- Authors: Ahmet KELEŞ
  Abstract: This article analyzes Orhan Keskintaş's work entitled Justice, Morality and Order Ottoman Siyasetname, which is based on his doctoral dissertation on Ottoman Siyasetname. Information is given about the content of the sections, and then a general assessment is made. At the last section, some critics on the book are attached.
  PubDate: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +030
The Andalusian Pretender to the Albanian Throne: Don Aladro Kastrioti
(1845-1914)
- Authors: Doğukan ORUÇ
  Abstract: This article examines the biography of Aladro Kastrioti, a nobleman born in the Andalusia region of Spain. Claiming that his great-grandmother married a descendant of Skanderbeg, Aladro asserted that he was an heir of this famous Albanian hero and had a right to the Albanian crown. His life after 1902 was spent in pursuit of this claim and thus almost entirely entangled with the Albanian national movement. By examining Ottoman archival documents, European newspapers, and published memoirs of prominent contemporary Albanians, this study draws attention to how he successfully managed to build a network supporting his claim, especially in northern Albania. His biography offers new perspectives for comprehending the history of the Albanian national movement and contextualising regional developments. This article suggests that the relations he established with key figures of the region provides an opportunity to analyse the social networks of Albanians in the Ottoman Empire. Covering the sixty-nine-year life of Aladro Kastrioti, from his birth as an illegitimate son of a wealthy family in Jerez to his death in Paris as a claimant to the Albanian crown, the study reveals the transformation of a region of the Ottoman Balkans into the Principality of Albania and illustrates the contacts and influences of the Empire in its former territories
  PubDate: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +030
Yıldız, Aysel, Yannis Spyropoulos, ve Mehmet Mert Sunar, ed. Payitaht
Yeniçerileri: Padişahın “Asi” Kulları 1700-1826. İstanbul: Kitap
Yayınevi, 2022. 427 Sayfa. ISBN: 978-605-105-221-2
- Authors: Eyüp Ensar DAL
  Abstract: This review examines the edited volume titled “Payitaht Yeniçerileri: Padişahın “Asi” Kulları 1700-1826” [Janissaries of the Porte, The Rebellious Subjects of the Sultan, 1700-1826] which delves into the world of Janissaries and their connections and relationships as historical subjectivities in the context of Istanbul and the countryside. The book explores institutional and private relationships established by the Janissaries through various sources and with a holistic approach. In addition to analyzing the contribution of the book to the existing literature, this review also evaluates the methodology and resources used in the compilation and discusses the content of individual chapters.
  PubDate: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +030