Osmanlı Ayntab`ında aşiret eşkıyalığı (1690-1730)

Tribal Banditry in Ottoman Ayntab (1690-1730)Soyudoğan, Muhsin.M.A., Department of History.Supervisior: Asst. Prof. Oktay Özel.This thesis attempts to understand the tribal banditry through a micro historicalanalsysis, which focuses on the tribal banditry in Ayntab region during the lateseveneteenth and early eighteenth century. Though it focuses on a specific region, ittries to contribute to the discussion on banditry and also tries to develop a model foranalyzing banditry in the Ottoman Empire. The novelty of this model is that it ismore likely to consider different factors, like social organization, which is mainlyshaped by the group perception of the actor, and social, economical, and politicalmotivators, in understanding banditry. Moreover, this study offers an approach thatsees the banditry as not sporadic events but a long lasting phenomenon in theOttoman history. Thus, it reflects banditry as embodied socio-political conflicts.Key Words: Tribes, social and political banditry, social power, social organization,kinship system, Ayntab, the Otoman Empire.iii