Foundations established in Üskudar in the years 1640-1650

Foundations are institutions that help people living in a community to create and develop their spiritual values and thoughts more clearly by living together in peace and prosperity in order to strengthen their cooperation and solidarity with each other. Foundations have been institutions that have played an active role in meeting the material and spiritual needs of the individuals who make up a certain society. Foundations are the leading charitable institutions that play a major role in the social and cultural life of Muslim communities. Foundation institutions have also taken an important place within the Ottoman Empire. Foundation institutions serve as a very important resource in terms of understanding the social, economic and cultural history of the Ottoman Empire. In this study, the importance of foundation institutions was started to be mentioned and the transcription and evaluation of 101 foundations belonging to Üsküdar covering the years 1640-1650 were discussed. XVII. with these documents covering the first quarter of the century, documents about the Üsküdar foundations in the years 1640-1650 have been tried to be examined