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Item Open Access Changing immigrant profile and settlement patterns in the Nigbolu Sandjak(Ahmet Yesevi Üniversitesi Mütevelli Heyet Başkanlığı, 2015) Ocaklı, NurayAfter the Ottomans' conquest of the last Bulgarian castle, Nikopol, migration movement of Muslim Anatolians to the new administrative district of the Ottoman frontier, Nigbolu Sandjak, started in the late 14th century. In 15th and 16thcenturies, policies of the Ottoman central authority played a determinant role on the profile of Muslim immigrants and settlement network of the region. In the 15th century, Muslim immigrants were populous nomadic tribes and they were settled in depopulated old villages to create more timar lands to finance the provincial army but as a result of the westward expansion policies of the Ottomans, characteristics of the new settlements and profile of the Muslim immigrants significantly changed in the 16th century. New Muslim settlements in the uninhabited lands of the Nigbolu Sandjak consisted of small villages producing weapons and necessities of the army on campaign. Settlers of these new settlements were Anatolian nomadic tribes divided into clans and families in the 16th century. These Muslim settlement regions formed the core of the Turkish presence in the region up today.Item Open Access Danubian border in the second half of the 16th century : revolution and transformation, tradition and continuation on the eve of a new era(2013) Ocaklı, NurayThis study focuses on pre-Ottoman Turkic presence and their remainings as the first phase of the Turkic presence and examines how the Ottomans adapted, re-organized and re-structured the existing military organizations, distribution of population and settlement system against the changing priorities and military concerns of the central authority during the 15th and 16th century as the second phase of the Turkish presence in the Danubian frontier. As the turning point on the eve of a new era, this study examines reactions of pre-Ottoman military aristocracy most of whom were Christian former nobles excluded from the timar system. Their rebellious attapt broken out at the end of the 16th century was supported by the anti-Ottoman alliences formed on the north of Danube as a continuation of the rebellious tradition of the region. The resulting picture of the Danubian frontier in the 15th and 16th century reveals the tradition and continuation, revolution and transformation in the Nigbolu Sandjak during the period from the post conquest era to the end of the 16th century, on the eve of a new era.Item Open Access The Lower Danube on the eve of the great crisis in the Ottoman Empire in the second half of the eighteenth century (analysis of a contemporary source)(2023-08) Gencer, MerveThis thesis examines life on the border within the context of the Ottoman Empire, focusing on the specific case of Wallachia. The central focus is the report of a commission established to investigate complaints arising from the position of Wallachia against central administration and the corruption and abuses of power by military-origin groups seeking to benefit from it. Primarily relying on archival sources such as commission reports, mühimme defters, and court records, and secondary sources, this study aims to provide alternative perspectives to existing interpretations. The investigations conducted demonstrate that such incidents were not unique to the 18th century, a period when the empire was relatively weaker, but extended back to the era of Suleyman, a time characterized by a strong central authority. This finding challenges the notion that the emergence of estates in the 18th century laid the foundation for decentralization.