Numbered 1778/24 Samsun Court Regi̇ster (1-50) trannscri̇pti̇on and analysi̇s.

In our Master's Thesis we would like to evaluate social, economic and culturel structure of Samsun in that time according to the informations that were written on the notebook that were translated the first fifty pages which belongs last quarter of 19th century. In the entrance chapter we dwelled on the goal, importance, content and method of our research. We gave informations about Samsun court register and tried to transfer the contents and importance of the registrations. In addition the forensic organizations in the Ottoman Empire and outhorized were examined and told the essential informations about instituions and persons. The most important authorized person of the forensic organization is Kadı and his features, assistants of Kadı which is known as Naib (regents), Muhzır (bailifs) and Kassam were told and given informations about them. Was informed about registrations (İ'lam, Hüccet, Tereke, Vakfiye, Ma'ruz, Mürasele) which were written by Kadı and Ferman, Berat, Tezkire and Temessük which were sent to other offices and were registered. After all these informations a demonstration was given the first fifty pages of Samsun court register numbered 1778/24. On the second chapter of study, we generated the transcriftion of the first pages text of Samsun court register numbered 1778/24 from the Ottoman Turkish texts. On the third chapter we evaluated about the Samsun court register numbered 1778/24. The occupational groups in Samsun, social, religious and ethnic structure of Samsun, cultural and economic life of Samsun were evaluated on our study. At the end a general assesment was done about the registration and ended with the conclusion. The Keywords: Kadı, Samsun History, Canik Flag, Court registers