Population and social structure in Cisr-i Ergene Town in 19th century

Today, almost all states carry out various studies about their population and maintain statistical information obtained. Since population data contain a wide range of information, they also reveal the potential of the society constituting the state, and form the basis for future planning. For this reason, the first modern census in the world was done in the 18th century. In the first half of the 19th century, the Ottoman Empire also carried out its first modern census. In this census started and finished in 1831 during the era of Mahmud II, where only men were counted, the aim was to meet the military and tax needs of the state. This census, which included Anatolia and Rumelia, gives us some statistical information about the population of the state in question. Thesis studies based on population registries are few in our time. Thus, we planned a thesis study entitled "Population and Soscial Structure in the Town of Cisr-i Ergene in the 19th century" based on the investigation of population registries. In this study, we analyzed the total population of Cisr-i Ergene in the first census, the population change, the distribution of the population by age, the dynamism of the population, the names used, and the distribution of the population by taxation. As a result of the analyzes, we tried to reveal how and in what way the wars, laws and famine or epidemics in the region affected the structure and social fabric of the population. With this study, we aimed to have an idea about how population policies taken by the states today will affect the future of societies.