Regard of temettuat defters human and economic geography of Beyşehir in XIX. century

This study is prepared on the base of the profit notes (temettuat), belonging to the dates of 1840 and 1845 in the Ottoman Archives, Konya State Salnames belonging to the years of 1871 to 1896, 1922?s ?Turks sanitory and social Geography, Konya State? (Türkiye?nin Sıhhi İçtimai Coğrafyası, Konya Vilayeti ) work and 1935?s census records.This study was the first master thesis studying the historical geography, which many geographers do not work on. The data obtained from the named documents above was charted and enriched with the help of analysis tables. Lastly, this study was supported by the previous studies and completed with a geographical synthesis.Beyşehir and the surrounding region have been suitable places for settlement from the antiquity age to present. We can list the factors behind the settlements as climate, geographical formations, fertile farming lands and water resources.Constituting the subject of this study, the period between 1840 and 1935, the population in the district of Beyşehir increased by 73% increasing from 11,375 in 1840 to 19,722 in 1935.Agriculture, stockbreeding, industry and transportation can be considered among the economic properties of the region. As in today?s Anatolia, Ottoman?s general economic activities are agriculture and stockbreeding. There are very few industries, which run agricultural raw materials in the economic activities.In the 19th century Beyşehir, the people working in agriculture generally grew various fruits and vegetables. Carpentry, bakery, and blacksmith were the industrial activities of the people. The people who are not landowners, engaged in religious and administrative tasks like ?employee? (amelelik) and ?laborer? (ırgatlık) were in the service sector.