Implementation of ‘Avâriz Tax’ in Antep in The First Half of XVIII Century (According to Şer’iyye Registries)

• Main Author: Serhat KUZUCU
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Gaziantep University 2016-06-01
• Series: Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences
• Subjects: Antep; Avârız; Vergi; Şer’iyye Sicilleri; Avâriz; Tax; Şer’iyye Registries
• Online Access: http://dergipark.gov.tr/jss/issue/24218/256744?publisher=gantep

Şer’iyye Registries are among the valuable resources that reflect the past to the present. By studying those records belonging to specific districts, it becomes possible to reach very significant data and knowledge about social, cultural, economical and political spheres of the relevant society. In this study, ‘Avârız tax’ and its reflections in Antep, one of the oldest and important cities of Anatolian geography, will be examined according to the court records within the first half of 18thcentury. Apart from that, implementation of ‘Avârız’ in Ottoman State will be reviewed in general terms; implementation of ‘Avârız tax’ in 18th century will be dwelled on and forms of tax collection in Antep district and legal basis of ‘Avârız tax’ will be discussed in this study