Early 17th century commercial life in the Galata

Shortly after the conquest of Constantinople, Galata was delivered to Ottoman with peacefully. Moreover, Sultan II. Mehmed asked the Franks sitting in Galata to continue the trade by giving a treaty. Thus, II. Mehmed maintained the commercial character of this city. In the next process, they had settled and engaged in commercial activities in other nations that wanted to trade in Galata. Galata was suitable for sea trade thanks to the facilities provided by its ports. For this reason, there was domestic trade as well as international trade. Here, Muslim, non-Muslim and non-Muslim partnerships, lending to each other has been mentioned. In addition, they were seen as guarantors in the debt relations between each other. Furthermore, the Customs region was examined and the changes in time were evaluated and the customs taxes taken from the current trade were examined. Galata was home to many different nations. In addition was a diplomatic region. The diplomats here are interested in the problems of their nationality and were doing their best to protect the rights of individuals. Furthermore, there were many local officials involved in matters of commercial life. They intervene in commercial life in accordance with the government's wishes. In addition, natural hazards related to the dangers of commercial life, material damage caused by shipwreck or pirate raids and the captivity of those dealing with trade were also negative situations encountered in commercial life. Moreover, the other thing that the traders had to deal with was the transport of their goods. In this study, commercial life in Galata in the early 17th century; commercial partnerships, capital procurement issues, officials, dangers, shipping issues, with commercial goods and taxes, ie commercial life with the elements surrounding it was examined.