Tanzimat Döneminde Üsküp ve Prizrin Sancaklarında Meydana Gelen Mera, Yaylak ve Kışlak Meseleleri

Abstract

Rangelands, yaylag and kislag (Winter and Summer Grazing Lands) which are closely related to the livestock sector in the Ottoman Empire, are among the leading natural food/feed sources for large and small cattle. These lands have been the subject of some disputes from time to time, especially among the villages whose economy is based on animal husbandry, due to the vital importance they carry in both Anatolia and Rumelia geography of the Ottoman Empire. In the documents determined regarding the rangelands, yaylag and kislag disputes in Skopje and Prizrin, which we have studied in this study, it is seen that sometimes one or more villagers and sometimes individuals bring the problems that cannot be solved locally to the state headquarters, seek their rights and demand a decision. In this study, the data about the problems that arose due to the pastures during the Tanzimat period, in the Skopje and Prizrin sanjaks and the districts connected to these sanjaks, in the Rumeli Ahkam Registers and in the different funds of the Presidency Ottoman Archives. In addition, what kind of decisions were taken to resolve these issues before the Land Law will be evaluated in the context of the articles of the law. In the events that occur after the land law, it will be determined whether the articles of the law related to pasture are applied or not.