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Ottoman serhad organization in the Balkans (1450s to early 1500s)
(Bilkent University, 2017-09)
This thesis analyses the Ottoman frontier organization in the Balkans from the second half of the fifteenth century to the early sixteenth centuries. Based mainly on the archival documents, Ottoman chronicles, and the ...
Demographic engineering : Bulgarian migrations from the Ottoman Empire to Russia in the nineteenth century
(Bilkent University, 2015-09)
This thesis focuses on the Bulgarian immigrations to Russia and return of many of them to the Ottoman Empire in 19th century. The stimuli which drag them to the lands far away from home, and reasons which draw them to ...
Religious and demographic development in the South-Western Rhodope Mountains in the second half of the fifteenth century : a case study of the Tahrir register of 1478
(Bilkent University, 2012)
The spread of Islam into non-Muslim territories has always followed their
conquest by some expanding Islamic polity. Ottoman military expansion into the
Balkans was followed by the establishment of a new administrative ...
Demography and settlement in Paşa Sancağı Sol-Kol Region according to Muhasebe-i Vilayet-i Rumeli Defteri dated 1530
(Bilkent University, 2006)
The thesis analyzes democraphic and settlement features of Paşa Sancağı Sol-Kol region, which covers the ancient Via Egnatia route, mainly in accordance with Muhasebe-i Vilayet-i Rumeli Defteri dated 1530 numbered 167. For ...
The military organization of the Akıncıs in Ottoman Rumelia
(Bilkent University, 2004)
This study's primary objective is to shed light on the peculiarities of one military corps in the Ottoman army, particularly that of the akıncıs. Examining the first so far known akıncı defteri from the second half of the ...
Tanzimat the Balkans : Midhat Pasha's governorship in the Danube Province (Tuna Vilayeti), 1864-1868
(Bilkent University, 2007)
This study aims at analyzing Midhat Pasha’s governorship in the Danube
province between 1864 and 1868 within two dimensions: Midhat Pasha as an
Ottoman governor symbolizing the Tanzimat ideology and modernization in ...
The Pomaks: conversion to islam in the Western Rhodope mountains in the 15th century
(Bilkent University, 2019-06)
In this thesis, the religious conversion process among the local population in the Western Rhodope, an area under the rule of the Ottoman Empire,is examined. The importance and location of the Rhodope during the expansion ...