To the 1844 census:Dobruca

ABSTRACTTo the 1844 Census: DOBRUCABurcu BÜYÜKBAŞMain Science Branch of HistoryThe Institute of Social Sciences, Anadolu University, July 2006Advisor:Prof.Dr.HalimeDOĞRUOne of the most important provinces of the Ottoman Empire was Dobruca. Itwas consisted of the towns which were attached to the subdivision to Varna of Öziautonomous province in XIX. century. This area was of an enormous importance interms of both economy and military. All kinds of cereal grains and animals which weregrown in Dobruca were not only met the need of the Palace but also met the need ofdaily consume of Istanbul.Apart from that, fighting against crusaders during the foundation of the OttomanEmpire, fighting against Russia during the stability period and the Pioneers who weresettled in the area made the area strategic and forceful in respect of military Since theOttoman Empire began to conquers in Rumeli, to the conseqence of its settlementpolicy, Turkish and Muslim people who settled down there lived together with the non-muslim people until the area was lost. Time by time, conquers and inhabitants increasedand the Ottoman Empire continued the expanding policy. Thus, Turkish and muslimcommunity became the majority in the area. In view of the Census Registration Books(Temettuat Defterleri) which were written based on the census in 1844, all informationgiven was in that direction.Since then, Russia applied a Panslavist Policy in the Balkan Countries. Afterthat, Balkan nations began to rebel one by one, so all the Ottoman Provinces in that areahad been lost until the World War I. All the Turkish and Muslim people were forced toleave from those provinces.All the information obtained from the Census Registration in Dobruca provincewas presented as in charts. According to those books, Turkish and Muslim peoplesettled in the area were the majority, and the second majority community was non-muslim people who were mostly christian.The people in that area were mostly dealing with agriculture, sheep-breeding andtrading. And they earned their life with these business. The professionals in the regiontried to improve new ways to flourish in industry, but they failed by the long lastingOttoman-Russian wars.