Socio-cultural life in Sivas according to Kadi registers (1879-1882)

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Alıcı, Abdulvahap

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This thesis investigates the socio-cultural life in Sivas according to Kadı Registers between 1879 and 1882 and aims to shed light on the function of kadı as a judge and a social arbitrator whose role must be taken into account to ascertain the true character of the daily life in the given period. Kadı as a regional representative of the central authority in regard to administrative issues was viewed both as a registration office and a negotiation space to reach acceptable compromises for the litigant and the defendant. In this study, Sivas court register number 52 is to be used as a primary source along with older court records that are studied by other scholars. The register that consists of different types of documents such as ilam, ferman, tereke, vakf and derkenar is to be regarded in context with the characteristics of society and chief problems arose during the given period. Furthermore, the consistency of records in itself is also to be questioned to clarify the extent to which the trials are set on an equal basis. The records that uphold a long tradition embraced by the state are also crucial to disclose the gradual transformation of society in terms of social and cultural aspects. The kadı registers as concise forms of trials demonstrate the critical issues even the legal procedure was not exposed explicitly. In this respect, present study analyses the daily life in context with kadı registers.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/26165

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A. Alıcı, “Socio-cultural life in Sivas according to Kadi registers (1879-1882),” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2016.