The socioeconomic and demographic structure of Kalkan in the light of Temettuat Registers in 1840-1844/45

In the field of history, any detailed academic study relevant to Kalkan and surroundings has not been done previously. This study worked on has the feature of being first with regard to being illuminated of region history.Enlightening, of region history is aimed with Kalkan Temettuat registers that is the most important source in this context. Temettuat registers was started to record by tax collectors with instructions dated 12'th January 1840 for the first time. These registers give information about demographic structure and ethnicity of the town, people's movable and immovable resorcues, annual earnings, tax burden and jobs. Also, it is possible to get information about grown agricultural products and fed animals from these registers. Township of Kalkan that is the subject of the study belongs to Teke in Konya shire in this term and it has two Temettuat registers which are recorded in different years. One of these registers belongs to 1840 with ML. VRD.TMT.d code and the other belongs to 1844-45 The study has been prepared with translations of two Temettuat registers. It consists of four parts including introduction. In introductory part, while it is mostly mentioned the meaning of Temettuat, its extent and practice, also it is shortly referred to tax system which Ottoman Empired im plemented throughout history. Additionally, it is mentioned geographical structure, physical situation and history of the town. At the first section, it is referred to administrative situation of the township and social- demographic structures of villages. It is mentioned economical structure and means of living at the second chapter; types of tax that is collected across the township at the third part. Two different resources have been compared in detail while being evaluated transcribed data This comparison has made us easy to reflect statistically the changes by years of each village across the township. Furthermore, having two different Temettuat registers of the township has provided us to enrich the study in terms of table and graphic. Key words: Kalkan, Antalya, Temettuat Registers, Socia- Economiy, Demography.