Bursa, in the early XVII th 1615-1617: Transcription and evaluation of Bursa Court Registry Notebook numbered B-35

The aim of this thesis study is to make the transcription of the Bursa Court Registry Book (Şer?iyye Sicil Defteri) no B-35 and to contribute to shedding light on the history of Bursa and the future researches on it by examining the social, cultural, economic, administrative and legal structure of Bursa during the 1515-1517 period in the light of the documents found.The transcription of the whole Bursa Court Registry Book no B-35 and the document summaries in today?s Turkish are given. There is a total of 245 documents in the book which covers the years 1615-1617. The social, cultural, economic, administrative and legal structure of Bursa at the beginning of the 17th century was tried to be analysed with regard to these documents.When the court registries are examined, it is seen that the documents are a rich resource as they reveal many important subjects such as the living conditions of the people, their social relations, all kinds of things they used, their sources of income, population structure, public services, administrative and legal structure and so forth.Registry Book documents cover issues such as bails, appointments of professors, bailiffs, imams, Koran reciters (cüzhan), custodians and foundation officials, bonds (temessük), foundation renovations, thefts, complaints, prison breaks, injuries and murders, tenancies, assets and liabilities, land tax collections, verdicts, orders (buyuruldular), sultan?s orders (emri şerif) and royal decrees.