Selim III, social control and policing in Istanbul at the end of the eighteenth century : between crisis and order
Internal security Police Istanbul (Turkey) Turkey sähkökirjat Brauchtum Gesellschaftsleben HISTORY Manners and customs
Brill
2014
EISBN 9789004274556
The eighteenth century: defining the crisis.
Rebellion, migration and fear of crime in the "well-protected" city.
Migration and public order.
Customary state policies and mechanisms of control.
Maintaining order in the city: urban police and law enforcement agencies.
Istanbul's economy and population at the end of the eighteenth century.
Natural disasters and epidemics.
Wartime crisis and the new order: the policing of istanbul, 1789-92.
Accession of the "reformist" sultan.
Defining the new order.
Life in Istanbul and the demand for order.
"A sweet fountain is always crowded".
Investigations and surveillance of the population.
Legal theory and the justice of the sultan.
The inspection registers of 1791-93.
Observations on the kefalet registers.
Exploration of the register using correspondence analysis.
Economic activity in intra-muros Istanbul according to the register.
Janissaries, immigrant networks and the inspectors.
About coffeehouses and Janissaries.
In Selim III, Social Order and Policing in Istanbul at the End of the Eighteenth Century Betül Basaran examines Selim III's social control measures and Istanbul's dynamic population, urging us to go beyond mechanistic models of borrowing that focus primarily on European influence in discussions of Ottoman "modernity."
Rebellion, migration and fear of crime in the "well-protected" city.
Migration and public order.
Customary state policies and mechanisms of control.
Maintaining order in the city: urban police and law enforcement agencies.
Istanbul's economy and population at the end of the eighteenth century.
Natural disasters and epidemics.
Wartime crisis and the new order: the policing of istanbul, 1789-92.
Accession of the "reformist" sultan.
Defining the new order.
Life in Istanbul and the demand for order.
"A sweet fountain is always crowded".
Investigations and surveillance of the population.
Legal theory and the justice of the sultan.
The inspection registers of 1791-93.
Observations on the kefalet registers.
Exploration of the register using correspondence analysis.
Economic activity in intra-muros Istanbul according to the register.
Janissaries, immigrant networks and the inspectors.
About coffeehouses and Janissaries.
In Selim III, Social Order and Policing in Istanbul at the End of the Eighteenth Century Betül Basaran examines Selim III's social control measures and Istanbul's dynamic population, urging us to go beyond mechanistic models of borrowing that focus primarily on European influence in discussions of Ottoman "modernity."
