In Anatolia in the Age of Assyrian Trade Colonies mortgage and surety applications

As a result of legal relations, people become creditors and debtors and as a result, creditors have to demand a guarantee. In this direction Collateral instruments are divided into two main parts as "in-kind" and "personal". Today, approximately 23.500 cuneiform documents are the main sources that provide information about various aspects of Anatolian and partially Assyrian societies. When the old Assyrian cuneiform texts are examined, it is seen that the mortgage and surety applications, which are the instruments of in-kind and personal guarantee, are in Anatolia in the 4th century BC. It is understood thad it existed in Anatolia in the IInd millennium BC. In our thesis, in the light of Ancient Assyrian cuneiform documents, "In Anatolia in the Age of Assyrian Trade Colonies Mortgage and Surety Applications" has been examined. In addition, today's mortgage and surety applications. These practices, which were seen in Anatolia about 4000 years ago, by giving information about discussed in detail.