Social-cultural and economic structure of Burdur (1901-1916)

This doctoral dissertation on Burdur Sanjak in the early 20th century (1901-1916) aims to reveal the administrative, social, cultural and economic structure of the sanjak. In line with this purpose, it is aimed to evaluate important issues related to the sanjak such as its administrative division and demographic structure, social life, social structures, basic livelihoods, education, worship and social aid institutions. Within the framework of the objectives of the study, population books, salnames, other archival sources, magazines and newspapers, yearbooks and research works were utilized based on the registers of the city of Burdur. In the social structure of Burdur, family unity was given importance and the understanding of official marriage was based on the decisions sent from the center. In Sancak, it was decided to perform the marriage officially and legal procedures were applied in case of the dissolution of the marriage union. The first quarter of the twentieth century, which is the date determined within the scope of the limitations of our thesis, covers a turbulent period in terms of corresponding to the war and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. As much as the center of the state was affected by this turbulent and difficult period, provincial cities in Anatolia were also affected. In Burdur, a provincial city in Anatolia, a significant portion of the men who were drafted to the front due to the war lost their lives. In addition, the earthquake that struck Burdur in 1914 put the people in even more difficulties and created an environment of chaos in the city. The effects of the earthquake and the war.