Yeniçerilerin Halep’teki Sosyal ve Ekonomik Varlığına Dair Genel Bir Değerlendirme (1700’den 1760’lara)

Focusing on the Janissaries, and covering a period between early eighteenth century 1760s, this study draws preliminary findings from Aleppo court records in order to highlight their roles that city’s socio-economic life. Most of Janissaries families came city surrounding countryside; they tried survive earned livelihood as ordinary townsmen, process signaled integration into urban fabric. This manifested itself relations with other social groups, conglomeration specific quarters, increasing capacity diffuse areas expand economic activities. expansion, however, resulted conflict interests those eşraf/ashraf, who consisted members established merchant families, religious dignitaries, people claimed be descendants Prophet. The competing two especially after were destined reshape role well interactions groups. These confrontations also strengthened solidarity esprit de corps among had until then preferred distinguish themselves by ethnic, tribal, country-based affiliations.