Soylu  Bozdag - <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%">Demirel, Ömer. <i>Osmanlı Vakıf-Şehir
İlişkisine Bir Örnek: Sivas Şehir Hayatında Vakıfların Rolü</i>. Ankara: Türk
Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, 2000, 220pp. <o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:200%"><b>ABSTRACT<o:p></o:p></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:200%"><b>An Example
of Ottoman Endowment-City Relationship: The Role of Endowments in Sivas<o:p></o:p></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:200%"><i><span lang="TR">Osmanlı Vakıf-Şehir İlişkisine Bir Örnek: Sivas Şehir Hayatında
Vakıfların Rolü<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%">In this book
Ömer Demiral studies the role of <i>vakfs</i> (religious endowments) in the
settlement, Islamisation and reconstruction of the city of Sivas. It depicts a
typical Anatolian city which was also an old, important Seljuk centre.
According to the author, the <i>vakfs</i> were one of the first institutions to
influence the establishment and reconstruction of the city after its
destruction by Timur Leng. The author discusses the physical, economic, and
demographic changes along with cultural manifestations which have been influenced
by the <i>vakfs</i>.There have been many studies conducted on Ottoman <i>vakfs</i>
in general; however, this study fills a gap by unravelling the influence of
foundations on the economic, political, topographical and cultural structure of
the city. <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The author
has chosen Sivas as a typical town in Middle and Eastern Anatolia. He limits
his time frame to 1700-1850, but also refers to </span><i style="font-size: 11pt;">vakfs</i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> that had already
been founded by that period and were still functioning.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The author
explains how the endowments influenced the physical structure of the city as
neighbourhoods developed around small mosques, and dervish lodges. The city
grew as governors established larger </span><i style="font-size: 11pt;">vakfs</i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">. The author identifies 70
names referring to neighbourhoods and 130 mosques. He concludes that although
only a small number of </span><i style="font-size: 11pt;">vakf </i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">estates have survived from the Seljuk
period, these are the largest and richest </span><i style="font-size: 11pt;">vakfs</i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> in the area.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Demirel also
refers to the economic organisation of </span><i style="font-size: 11pt;">vakfs</i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">, their sources, their legal
standing and their administration. He provides a ratio of Muslim and non-Muslim
endowments and </span><i style="font-size: 11pt;">vakfs</i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> founded by women. He includes photos and
neighbourhood plans from 1500 onwards along with the testament of prominent
people.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Detailed
information is not provided on </span><i style="font-size: 11pt;">vakfs</i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> established by Bektashis. Archival
evidence is presented and the incomes of </span><i style="font-size: 11pt;">vakfs</i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> are simply compared to
one another: issues such as the income distribution between </span><i style="font-size: 11pt;">vakfs </i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">are
not critically analysed. It is likely that the omission of such issues results
from the fact that the author has not had access to all the relevant archival
material.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right">Özge Soylu Bozdağ and <span lang="TR">Ecehan Koç</span><o:p></o:p></p>
An Example of Ottoman Endowment-City Relationship: The Role of Endowments in Sivas
Type
abstract
Year
2014

Demirel, Ömer. Osmanlı Vakıf-Şehir İlişkisine Bir Örnek: Sivas Şehir Hayatında Vakıfların Rolü. Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, 2000, 220pp.

 

ABSTRACT

 

An Example of Ottoman Endowment-City Relationship: The Role of Endowments in Sivas

 

Osmanlı Vakıf-Şehir İlişkisine Bir Örnek: Sivas Şehir Hayatında Vakıfların Rolü

 

In this book Ömer Demiral studies the role of vakfs (religious endowments) in the settlement, Islamisation and reconstruction of the city of Sivas. It depicts a typical Anatolian city which was also an old, important Seljuk centre. According to the author, the vakfs were one of the first institutions to influence the establishment and reconstruction of the city after its destruction by Timur Leng. The author discusses the physical, economic, and demographic changes along with cultural manifestations which have been influenced by the vakfs.There have been many studies conducted on Ottoman vakfs in general; however, this study fills a gap by unravelling the influence of foundations on the economic, political, topographical and cultural structure of the city.

 The author has chosen Sivas as a typical town in Middle and Eastern Anatolia. He limits his time frame to 1700-1850, but also refers to vakfs that had already been founded by that period and were still functioning.

 The author explains how the endowments influenced the physical structure of the city as neighbourhoods developed around small mosques, and dervish lodges. The city grew as governors established larger vakfs. The author identifies 70 names referring to neighbourhoods and 130 mosques. He concludes that although only a small number of vakf estates have survived from the Seljuk period, these are the largest and richest vakfs in the area.

 Demirel also refers to the economic organisation of vakfs, their sources, their legal standing and their administration. He provides a ratio of Muslim and non-Muslim endowments and vakfs founded by women. He includes photos and neighbourhood plans from 1500 onwards along with the testament of prominent people.

 Detailed information is not provided on vakfs established by Bektashis. Archival evidence is presented and the incomes of vakfs are simply compared to one another: issues such as the income distribution between vakfs are not critically analysed. It is likely that the omission of such issues results from the fact that the author has not had access to all the relevant archival material.

 

Özge Soylu Bozdağ and Ecehan Koç

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Soylu Bozdağ, Özge and Koç, Ecehan. “English abstract of 'of An Example of Ottoman Endowment-City Relationship: The Role of Endowments in Sivas'". Translated by Özge Soylu Bozdağ and Ecehan Koç. In Cities as Built and Lived Environments: Scholarship from Muslim Contexts, 1875 to 2011, by Aptin Khanbaghi. 98. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2014
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