Livre - A city transformed
956 GOZ
Description
Livre
Libra Kitapçılık ve Yayıncılık A.Ş.
Gözel Durmaz Oya
Presentation materielle : 1 vol. (344 p.)
Dimensions : 21 cm
The present study aims to analyze the socio-economic impacts of this demographic change, especially Armenian deportation, on the sanjak of Kayseri. In this respect, it starts with an assumption that the characteristics of the local forces had a decisive role in the development of the process in the localities. The basic questions that this study addresses are: How were the population policies of the Ottoman government, especially Armenian deportation, implemented in Kayseri? To what extent the local dynamics and factors, like the social and economic features of the city, and the character of the governors, shaped the execution of these policies? Finally what were the implications of this demographic transformation on the social and economic life of the inhabitants of Kayseri? As an important contribution of this study, it details how the liquidation of the Armenian abandoned properties actually happened in Kayseri by evaluating the telegrams sent from there. The analysis of the telegrams to explore the impacts of the Armenian deportations on the transformation of Kayseri sanjak shows that local actors, such as the district governor, the abandoned properties commission, and the local notables, were influential in the deportation process and also in the liquidation of the abandoned properties. As a result of the capital transfer, there was a significant transformation in the socio-economic realm. With the establishment of two joint-stock companies in the sanjak, the Armenian assets and capital were officially allocated to the Muslim entrepreneurs. In other words, the Armenian deportation paved the way for the rise of a new bourgeoisie and thus a new upper class in the district.
LIST OF TABLES p. 11 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS p. 13 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS p. 15 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION p. 17 CHAPTER 2 THE ECONOMY OF KAYSERI UNTIL 1915 Kayseri as a Commercial Center p. 39 Armenians in the Economy of Kayseri p. 55 Economic Life of the Armenian Villages p. 55 The Armenian Merchants p. 59 CHAPTER 3 THE ROAD TO THE ARMENIAN DEPORTATIONS p. 65 The Armenian Constitution of 1860 p. 67 The Internationalization of the Armenian Question p. 69 The Settlement of the Muhacirs p. 70 The Armenian Political Organizations p. 75 The Hamidiye Cavalry Regiments p. 78 The Land Issue p. 81 The 1894-1896 Armenian Massacres p. 83 The Second Constitutional Regime and the Land Issue p. 86 The Balkan Wars (1912-1913) p. 89 The Deportation Decision of the Ottoman Government p. 92 CHAPTER 4 THE DEPORTATION OF THE KAYSERI ARMENIANS The Implementation of the Deportation Order in Kayseri p. 101 The Conversion to Islam: An Area of Struggle Among Different Actors p. 118 The Demography of the Armenians at the End of the Deportations p. 125 The Number of the Kayseri Armenians after the Deportations p. 129 The Memoirs of a Convert p. 133 The Armenian Girls and Children at the American Mission p. 135 A Comparison of the Numbers p. 140 Conclusion p. 145 CHAPTER 5 THE ISSUE OF ABANDONED PROPERTIES IN KAYSERI (1915-1918) p. 151 The Legal Arrangements p. 152 The Implementation p. 159 The Distribution of the Abandoned Properties p. 163 The Military p. 163 The State Institutions p. 165 The Settlement of the Immigrants, Refugees and Prisoners of War p. 167 The Properties of the Remaining Armenians p. 176 The Abandoned Properties as a Diplomatic Issue p. 178 The Procedural Disputes over the Emval-i Metruke p. 180 The Claims of the Malpractices and "Corruption" p. 186 Conclusion p. 194 CHAPTER 6 THE ECONOMY AS A CONTESTED TERRITORY: THE TRANSFORMATION OF KAYSERI'S ECONOMIC LIFE AFTER THE DEPORTATIONS (1915-1920) p. 197 The "National Economy" Policy p. 198 First Attempts to Nationalize/Turkify the Economy p. 199 Post-Deportation Transformation of the Economy p. 201 Abandoned Properties in the Service of the "National Bourgeoisie" p. 201 The Establishment of the Joint-Stock Companies p. 204 The Establishment of the Joint Stock Companies in Kayseri p. 206 The Kayseri Milli İktisat Anonim Şirketi p. 209 The Establishment of the Joint-Stock Companies in Other Districts p. 210 The Implications of the National Economy Policy p. 212 The Collapse of the Artisanal Production and the Shortage of Labor p. 215 Conclusion p. 219 CHAPTER 7 THE RETURN OF THE ARMENIANS (1918-1920) p. 223 The Delivery of the Armenian Women and Children p. 228 The Flight of the Armenian Population p. 236 The Restitution of the Abandoned Properties p. 242 The Abandoned Properties of the Deceased Deportees p. 245 The Problems in the Restitution of the Properties p. 249 The Muslim Refugees and Immigrants p. 256 The Impact of Insecurity p. 260 The Decree of 8 January 1920 p. 265 The Demography of Kayseri in the 1920s p. 269 CHAPTER 8 CONCLUSION p. 273 APPENDICES p. 283 REFERENCES p. 317 INDEX p. 335
