The Ottoman Empire`s east trade in XVI. century

IV SUMMARY Ph.D. Thesis The Ottoman Empire's East Trade in XVI. Century Mehmet KAB ACIK University of Fırat The institute of Social Sciences Departman of History 2001; Page: XVI + 367 In this thesis; it is tried to examine the trade relation of Ottoman Empire with Iran and India. In the last XV. century and in the beginning of XVI. century, it was occured important political situations in the East and South borders of Ottoman Empire, These situation were that the Portugals had arrived the Indian Ocean by the sealine and the trade route that went from Indian to East Mediterianen had been interrupped, by the Portugals, Safevi Empire had been bounded in Iran, Ottoman Empire had struggled with Safevi Empire because of ethnical and religional matters, Memluklu Empire had been destroyed by Ottoman Empire and Ottoman Empire had faced with Portugals for spice line. These events affected negatively the trade relation between nations. In XVI. century, the trade relation between Ottomans and Iran got worse because of wars and than level that the level of trade relation remained under the level that presented in XV. century. The trade relation between Indian and East Mediterranean started to get better in the beginning of 1550's and that came the same level with the level which presented before the coming of Portugals to Indian. İn our thesis, the trade politics of Ottoman Empire related to East Trade, embargos, trade routes, trade goods, merchants, customs, used money, countries, are presented information about. Key Words: Silk Trade, Spice Trade, Trade Routes, Caravans, Merchants.