Office of mufti in the Ottoman Anatolia

Office of Mufti, which is an institution that gives fatwa on religious subjects, had existed in whole Turk-Islam states. It continued its existence with some changes until Ottoman Empire and gained its final form in Ottoman era. The institution took an important role especially in distant provinces and had been the only authorized institution about subjects related to Sheri?a. Thus, it is important to study this institutions position in Anatolia in detail.In this paper, institution and employees of Office of Mufti in the administrative units of Ottoman Anatolia has been studied. Archive documents about muftis as employees of the institution have been carefully analyzed and in the light of acquired data, Anatolian mufti organization of Ottoman Empire had been clarified as far as possible. In order to concretize the interpretation of the institution, related data tables have been added.Keywords: Mufti, Office of Mufti, OttomanMuftis, AnatolianMuftis, ProvincialMufti