The main objective of this course is to determine the status of sanjak as the basic elements of the state and districts within the administrative structure and to examine the activities of officers and central-provincial relations.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Vehbi GÜNAY

Learning Outcomes

1

To be able to comprehend the construction of the Ottoman administrative provinces

2

To be able to interpret the social structure and lives in Ottoman provinces

3

To be able to analyze the place of the Ottoman fief system within socio-economic structure in provinces

4

To be able to consider the Ottoman success by revealing the place of province

To approach the provinces by considering different aspects which had have great effect to Ottoman Empire to become a world power and to analyze the elements located within this structure and to evaluate the share of factors.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week

Theoretical

Practice

Laboratory

1

Objectives, sources and current studies

Introduction to the course

2

The officials in administrative structure of Ottoman provinces

Lecture and reading

3

The Ottoman subjects, their relations with state and their taxes

Lecture and reading

4

Ottoman land system and production

Lecture and reading

5

The socio-economic characteristics of fief implementation in Ottoman Empire