Evaluation of number 32 Galata court case records

In Ottoman History researches, court case records play an important role. As these records give concrete data of the actual life of the period in history, they serve as a significant information source because they reflect the society's social, cultural, administrative, judicial and demographic aspects. The court cases which have been examined give data on various fields such as administrative structure, neighborhood, villages, social status, commerce, artisans and the objects that were used. Numbered as 32, Galata Court Cases which belong to the period 1015-1016 (1606-1607) contain 276 documents. In this research, we tried to reveal and evaluate the information regarding the above mentioned period. The research consists of four parts after the introduction. In the introduction, the importance of court cases in the Ottoman State and their history were mentioned. After that, Sources of Court Cases Number 32 were introduced. In the remaining four parts, Galata was examined in terms of social, administrative, economical and judicial aspects.