1447 numbered kadı court record of Giresun

03. Summary The 1447 numbered Kadi Court Record of Giresun consists of entries between the years of 1326/1908-1327/1909. The following entries traces a certain chronology. However, sometimes we see some cases which do not follow the correct dates. On the contents and quality of the entries we can further say this. The entries show us the application of the Ottoman laws not their theories. For that reason the entries of marriage, loan- credit, divorce, inheritance, property transfers give us the exact knowledge of what happened at that certain time. In additon to these, as Giresun, in that particular time, consisted of different religious and ethnic origined people, the entries show us Ottoman policy towards non-muslim subjects. In this study, 1447 numbered Giresun Court Recort is presented to the use of academicians in the hope that the row material would be used and help to compose original studies. VII