Some observations on the Ottoman judicial system and ilmiye group in the 18th century

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  • İsmail Gündoğdu Dr.

    Keywords:

    Judge, magistrature, kazasker, şeyhülislam, taxes, religious law, state law

    Abstract

    In this study, debates on the Ottoman judicial system and some changes which seen among the Ottoman learned (ilmiye) group in the 18th will be examined.  Taxes which taken by kadis in courts rearranged in 18th century.  In addition, there were seen slightly increase in arpalık (a living paid) and maişet kazas (magistrates) thus led to some completion among kadis.  Moreover, discussions on the dual character of the Ottoman judicial system will be checked in this study.

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    Author Biography

    • İsmail Gündoğdu, Dr.

       

      CURRICULUM VITAE

       

       

      I.                           PERSONAL

       

      Name:                   İsmail Gündoğdu

      Home Address:    Güldibi Mah. Gül Cad. No: 29/2

                                   Sapanca-Sakarya-54600-TURKEY

      Work Address:     SAKARYA UNIVERSITY

                                   Fen-Edebiyat Fak. Tarih Böl.

                                   Esentepe Kampüsü

      Sakarya, 54187-TURKEY

       

      Home phone:        +90.264.2767895

      Work phone:         +90.264.295-6025

      Cell:                      +90.532.769-5887

      E-mail:                  [email protected]

                                   [email protected]

       

      •II.                                                    EDUCATION AND DEGREES HELD

       

      2009                     PhD, History, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. 

      Thesis Title            "The Ottoman Ulema Group and State of Practicing Kaza Authority During the 18th Century" (18. yüzyılda Osmanlı ulema zümresi ve "kaza" yetkisinin uygulamadaki durumu)

      Supervisors            Prof. Dr. Seçil Karal Akgün, Middle East Technical University.

      Co-Advisor:          Prof. Dr. Özer Ergenç, Bilkent University.

       

      1998                     MA, History, Sakarya Üniversitesi, Sakarya, Turkey.

      Thesis Title:          "Sultan Abdulaziz Dönemi Osmanlı Mizah Basını ve Muhalefet"

      (Turkish humour press and its opposition during the reign of Sultan Abdulaziz)

       

      1995                     BA, History, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.

       

      III.                                    PROFESSIONAL

       

      2009-Date             Research Assistant in the History Department, Sakarya University,

      Sakarya, Turkey.

       

      2000-2009             Research Assistant in the History Department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.

       

      1997-2000             Research Assistant in the History Department, Sakarya University,

      Sakarya, Turkey.

       

      1995-1997             History teacher, Sakarya, Turkey.

       

      2007-2009             Taking part at the project of classification of the Archive of Turkish Red Cross Association (Türk Kızlay Derneği)

       

      IV.                         TEACHING EXPERIENCE

       

      Spring-2004          Instructor, Ottoman Turkish, at the Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı (Turkish Social and Economic History Foundation)

       

       

      V.                          COURSES ASSISTANSHIP

       

      Fall-2005               Hist.   107 Ottoman Turkish I

      Spring2006            Hist.   108 Ottoman Turkish II

      Fall-2005               Hist.   207 Ottoman Palaeography and Diplomatics I

      Spring-2006          Hist.   208 Ottoman Palaeography and Diplomatics II

      Sipring-2009         Hist.   208 Ottoman Palaeography and Diplomatics II

       

      VI.                                    CONFERENCE AND PUBLICATIONS

       

       

      30.04. 04              Presented a paper titled as "Reasoning in History in Ottoman

      Historiography: A special case of the Tarih-i Gilmani" at 19th Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference at the University of Chicago.

       

      2000                     "The Yalta Conference", Mahmut Pehlivan Armağanı,

      (Sakarya: Sakarya Universitesi Rektörlüğü, 2000), pp. 341-350.

       

      2009                      "Reasoning in the Ottoman Historiography-the example of Tarih-i Gılmani," Uluslararası Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi The Journal of International Social Research, vol, 2 / 9 Fall (2009): 159-164.

       

      2009                      "The daybooks of chief justice's as a historical sources of the Ottoman empire and their significance" International Journal of Human Sciences,  vol, 6, no 2, (2009): 451-470.

       

       

      VII.                       ACADEMIC RESEARCH

                                   

      2006-2007             Research at the National Archive and British Library in London, Oxford University Library and John Rynalds Library in Manchester in UK for three months.

      February-2007       Research at the Library of Papacy in Vatican for two weeks.

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

      VIII.                     ACADEMIC PROJETS

       

      2006                      Middle East Technical University- Scientific Research Office, METU-BAP (06-07-03-00-02)

      Project Title:          "XVIII. Yüzyıl Osmanlı Kadılar ve Kadılıkları-Anadolu Kazaskerliği Örneği" (XVIII. century Ottoman Judges and judicial districts- A case study of Anatolian Chief Judgeship)

       

      2006-2008             TÜBİTAK (106K173) Researcher

      Project Executer:   Doç.  Dr. Mustafa Soykut.

      Project Title:          "Osmanlı Devletiinde 16.-18. Yüzyıllar Arası İtalyan Devletlerinin Siyasi ve Misyonerlik Faaliyetlerini Araştırma Projesi" (Missionary and politic activities of Italian states in the Ottoman Empire in 16th and 18th centuries)

       

      2006-2009             The Project of Classifications of Turkish Red Cross Archive

      Project Executer:   Prof. Dr. Seçil Karal Akgün

      SA.Ü. FEN-EDEBİYAT FAK.

      TARİH BÖL. 414. NOLU ODA

      ESENTEPE KAMPÜSÜ

      54187- ADAPAZARI

      SAKARYA

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    Published

    16.12.2009

    Issue

    Vol. 6 No. 2 (2009)

    Section

    History

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    How to Cite

    Gündoğdu, İ. (2009). Some observations on the Ottoman judicial system and ilmiye group in the 18th century. Journal of Human Sciences, 6(2), 792-805. https://j-humansciences.com/index.php/IJHS/article/view/1039