1645-1735 yılları arasında Girit`te uygulanan Osmanlı din politikaları: Kadı mahkemesinde din adamları

ABSTRACTThe Implementation of Ottoman Religious Policies in Crete 1645-1735:Men of Faith as Actors in the Kadı CourtThe arrival of the Ottomans in the first half of the seventeenth century was marked bya twofold religious policy on the island: The reestablishment of the Orthodox hierarchy andthe establishment of Islam. The reestablishment of the Orthodox hierarchy was in contrastwith the religious policy of the previous Catholic Venetian rule. The relationship of theOttomans with the Patriarchate in Istanbul, as affected by the Protestant and Catholicmissionaries from Europe, was a determinant in what was happening in Crete at this period.The establishment of Islam on the other hand was mainly a result of conversions. TheOttomans endorsed the mystical religious orders on the island in this period. After anexamination of these processes, this thesis investigates the involvement of the Christian andMuslim men of faith into the new system.Keywords: Crete, kadı court, conversion, Orthodoxy, Islam.