RURAL SETTLEMENTS FROM OTTOMAN ANATOLIA: THE CASE OF THE DISTRICT OF KIRELI OF KONYA OF 1845

This research article is based mainly on Ottoman archival data of 1845. They are manuscripts, written in Ottoman Turkish. Ottoman government needs cash in the years of 1820s due to wars with Russia and Iran. To achieve this, the state demands extra taxes from all peasants of Anatolia. In this study, the economic situation of 22 small Muslim villages of the district of Kıreli of Konya of Anatolia was examined in outline. Agriculture and livestock were the main means of livelihood for the Muslim peasants. However, with the increase of the population, the economic resources were not enough for the Muslim peasants and the nomads (Yörük) living in this region. Many men had to leave their villages and went to the large cities to earn struggle for life. Ottoman administration founds them there and also taxes the labor. This was a very heavy practice for them. In the region, most villages were abandoned. The peasants had to be content with only rural resources. The vacant agricultural lands were immediately planted by the surrounding peasants.

Keywords:

Tanzimat, Konya, Kıreli, Peasants, Ottomans, Temettuat Daftar,

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Unpublished Ottoman Archival Documents (in Ottoman Turkish): Temettuat Daftars of 1261 (1845) from Archives of Ottoman of Turkish Presidency, Istanbul: No. 10202. The village of Görünmez
No. 10203. The village of Tuzluca
No. 10204. The village of Yenice
No. 10205. The village of Kaba
No. 10206. The village of Balganda
No. 10207. The quarter of Çay
No. 10208. The village of Fele
No. 10209. The village of Köşk
No. 10210. The village of Sadıkhacı
No. 10211. The village of İlmen
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No. 10212. The village of Çukurkent
No. 10213. The village of Hordu
No. 10214. The village of Kiçi
No. 10215. The village of Suvarık
No. 10216. The quarter of Bazar
No. 10217. The village of Ebulvefa
No. 10218. The quarter of Sağir
No. 10219. The village of Kınık
No. 10220. The village of Kıyakdede
No. 10221. The quarter of Orta
No. 10222. The village of Selki
No. 10223. The village of Budak
No. 10224. The village of Üyük
No. 10225. The village of Suludere
No. 10226. The village of Çavuş
No. 10227. The village of Göçeri
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