Sultan Selim Mosque, known as the first mosque of Giresun allowing Friday prayers to be performed, was founded in the field of Taşbaşı Park next to the harbor at the end of the 15th century. Sultan Selim district, the first settlement area of Muslim Turks, existed around the mosque and kept its name until today. However, there is no historical ruin left today belonging to the...
Aksaray ili merkezine yaklaşık 35 km mesafede yer alan Yenipınar köyünde bulunan Hacı Gayb Türbesi, plan şeması, biçimi, tasarımı ve mimari öğeleri ile günümüze kadar ulaşabilmiş, II. grup yapı olarak tescil edilmiş bir vakıf kültür varlığıdır. Yapının vakfına, vakıf gelirlerine ve mevcut durumuna dair genel bilgiler veren çalışmalar mevcut olmakla birlikte, mimari anlamda yapıyı...
Berat, also known as Albanian Belgrade, is one of the most important historical cities of Albania and it is an Ottoman town that has conveyed its historical texture to a certain extent till the present day. As in other Ottoman cities, Ottoman waqfs contributed greatly to the urbanization of Berat. In our study, the waqfiyyas and other waqf-related documents belonging to the waqfs...
Lazaret known as Sırçalı Sultan Zawiya or Lazaretto for Lepers was in Bordabaşı Quarter in Konya. The benefactor of the dervish lodge built in the period of Alaeddin Keykubat I was probably Sırçalı Sultan. Alaeddin Keykubat I established various waqfs too. Even though the word “sırça” means tile, there are examples that it can also be used as a name for persons and places. The...
Canfeda Khatun was appointed to a position called “ketkhuda woman” at the Sultan Murad III (1574- 1595) ’s imperial harem for twenty-one years. She was not related to royal family nor one of the sultan’s women. In official documents, Canfeda Khatun was the first concubine called as “ketkhuda woman” and her fame grown with this title. After the death of Sultan’s mother, Nurbanu...
Being the chamberlain of the Vizier Kara Ahmed Pasha and Mehmet Pasha Sokolovic and one of the Ottoman statesmen in the 16th century, Hüsrev Ketkhuda was an administrative attendant who was prominent with the waqfs on a vast geography. The waqfs that were established by him in Anatolia and Rumelia, particularly in Istanbul, had an important place in meeting the societal needs. It...
Sheikh Abdurrahman Erzincani built his zawiyah in Zey, a village of Adiyaman, in the 15th century. Donations made by the rulers and philanthropists of the period provided the base for the waqf. In the waqf of Sheikh Abdurrahman Erzincanî Zawiyah – a family waqf- duties such as sheikhism, trusteeship, zaviyedarlik, and mezraadarlik were carried out by the descendants of sheikh...
Naqshibandi order is a cult of Islamic sufism that is assumed to be founded by Bahâeddin Nakşibend in Central Asia in the 14th century. Throughout the centuries, this sufism movement has reached the present day by spreading over a wide area including India, the Caucasus, the Middle East and Anatolia then the Balkans. Academic circles accepted that especially from the 15-16th...
One of the most important sources of concrete information about Akhi culture and tradition is The Akhi Evran Waqfıyyas. These Waqfıyyas contain social, cultural, religious, economic and political information of their time period. During Turkish Seljukid period, many waqfıyyas with extensive facilities were established by İzzeddin Keykavus and Alaeddin Keykubat. Motivations behind...
Tokat İli, Zile İlçesi Şeyh Nusrettin/Tekke Köyü’nde bulunan Şeyh Nusrettin Türbe ve Camii günümüze kadar yöre halkının çabalarıyla gelebilmiştir. Minare, muhdes depo ve avlunun da bulunduğu bir yapı topluluğu içinde yer alan türbe ve cami, her yıl Nisan ayında yapılan dinî törenlerin yanı sıra yıl boyunca da sürekli ziyaret edilmektedir. 14. yüzyıl ortalarına tarihlendirilen...
Tanzimat Sonrası Arazi ve Tapu , T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü Osmanlı Arşivi Daire Başkanlığı; yayın nu: 135, İstanbul 2014, 362s.
Defter-i Evkâf-ı Livâ-i Kuds-i Şerif (2015). Yayına Hazırlayan: Sevgi Işık – Fatma Ayan, Ankara: T.C. Çevre ve Şehircilik Bakanlığı – Tapu ve Kadastro Genel Müdürlüğü –Tapu ve Kadastro Genel Müdürlüğü Arşiv Dairesi Başkanlığı Yayınları.
Abstract Taceddin Dervish Convent was restored by Directorate General of Foundations in 2008. It is called “Kasr-ı ebniye” in the historical records and widely known as “Dervish Convent House”. In this article Dervish Convent House’s historical background and its transformation to Mehmet Âkif Ersoy Cultural Center in 2009 has been put into words. Besides mentioning Turkish...
Abstract The pious foundation which is established by the idea of gratuitous aid in various societies throughout history has gained a different dimension in Turkish culture and tradition and has become a vital component until the 20th century in the Anatolian geography. Many of the basic public services that are carried out by local and central government have been provided by...
Abstract Historical and sociological examination of waqfs in revealing social histories of Islamic Society incisively and properly has a great importance. The number of mosque, Madrasah, tomb and zawiya built as a waqf in Anatolian cities during the period of Seljuks in Turkey and principalities is not known exactly. Therefore, it is not possible to identify historical buildings...
Abstract In Şiran, as far as we could determine, 5 monasteries and 23 mosque waqfs were founded during the Ottoman rule. Şiran was annexed to Ottoman territory in the 16th century and became one of the burghs of Sancak of Şarkî Karahisar within the province of Erzurum. It then gained town status in the 17th century. In this study, the purpose of establishing waqfs of dervish...
Abstract In this work, the 1446 dated waqfiyya of Sultan Hatun, daughter of Yusuf Shah of the Turgutoğulları dynasty, was studied. After analysing the waqfiyya, the officials on duty at Sultan Hatun waqf in the course of history have been mentioned. Although the officials, called “cüzhân” who recites twentypage sections of the Qur’an are mainly referred to, other employees like...
Abstract In some periods of Turkish history, Hatuns came forward politically in state administration, as well as contributing numerous social works and activities that survived until the present day. Raziye Devlet Hatun was one of these prominent Hatuns of Turkic Seljuk State. Raziye Devlet Hatun had an imaret, a masjid and a caravanserai which lent its name to Kadinhani town of...
Abstract In this article, the Magarebeh Quarter of Jerusalem is assessed by a historical and political monography method. The quarter is significant in some aspects; it had been existed for over eight hundred years. It is a unique example which was founded as a waqf quarter,being unprecedented throughout the Islamic history. Without considering its importance and such unique...
Mehmet Kurtoğlu tarafından yayına hazırlanan Taceddin Dergâhı’nda İstiklâl Şaîri Mehmet Âkif adlı kitabın tanıtımı ise Mehmet Fatih Müderrisoğlu tarafından yapılmaktadır.
Merhum Halil İnalcık, Cumhuriyet Tarihimizin en önde gelen bilim insanlarından birisi olarak Türk Tarihi’nin bütün dünyada tanınmasında yüz yıla ulaşan ömrünün büyük bir kısmını harcamıştır. Osmanlı’nın en önemli kurumlarından biri olan vakıflar hakkındaki araştırmaları da tarihçiler için ufuk açıcıdır. Bu çalışmada İnalcık’ın vakıf müessesi ile ilgili mütalaaları konu edilmiştir.
Osmanlı Devleti’ni medeniyet seviyesine taşıyan önemli unsurlardan birisi de hiç şüphesiz vakıf sistemidir. Başta padişah, hânedân üyeleri ve devlet adamları olmak üzere pek çok kimse imkânları ölçüsünde vakıf kurmuştur. Vakıf kuranlardan biri de Sultan II. Mahmud’un şehzâdeliği sırasında onun hayatını kurtararak Osmanlı Devleti’nin geleceğini etkileyen Cevrî Usta’dır. Cevrî Usta...
XVIII. yüzyıl ortasından itibaren Çavuşbaşı, Kapıcıbaşı ve Keban-Ergani Maden Eminliği yanında Erzurum, Şam, Diyarbekir ve Bağdat valiliği görevlerinde bulunan Hâfız Mustafa Paşa, elde ettiği siyasi konum ve ekonomik gelir ile birçok hayır eserinin inşasına imkân sağlamıştır. Başlıca eserleri Keban’da sıbyan mektebi, Harput’ta dârü’l-kurra, Arapgir’de iki medrese ve kütüphane ile...
The oldest boat in the world that has never been sunk is known as “Historical Galley” and exhibited in the Naval Museum of Turkey. This boat has a great importance in the history of world navigation. Despite its importance, it is not well known by the masses. Of course, there is no excuse for not having a lot of navigation history researches. By spending large budgets, a special...