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XV-XVI. Yüzyıl Akşehir Göçleri

2019, Konya Ticaret Odası Konya Kitabı XVII - Geçmişten Günümüze Göçler, Cilt 1

XV-XVI. CENTURY AKŞEHİR MIGRATIONS ABSTRACT The phenomenon of migration that started with the existence of human beings has formed in Akşehir and its environs in 15-16th century is based on two main characters: mass and individual. Individual migrations have also been manifested in four sub-groups: city to city, city to village, village to city, and village to village. Since arrivals, departures and settlements of nomadic groups take place in the countryside within or outside of the sanjak, their movements were also evaluated in the last two groups. The first mass exodus was made by exile to Trabzon, Istanbul and Rumelia after 1466, the second one was made to Cyprus in 1572 with the same method. While in the first one, the establishment of Ottoman domination in the region and the acceleration of the Ottomanization process were requested, in the second, it was aimed to strengthen the island of Cyprus with secure elements and to turn it into a homeland as soon as possible. These two waves of migration were essentially imperative and it had a character from the inside out. Individual migrations were more prevalent than mass migrations and could be followed at any period between 1466-1584. In this period with the movements of nomadic groups, migrants came forward from the village to the city and from the village to the village. Nomadics are seen as either excluding groups, which are members of different administrative and economic units, or retail settlements in various villages, while land is the center of the journey from village to town and from village to village. All of the settlers in Akşehir are landless peasants with the status of caba and bennak. Also, people who immigrated from village to village are those who cannot find land or want to cultivate more land where they live. From this point of view, it can be said that mass migrations in Akşehir are carried out by state force and individual migrations are done by people’s own will. While in the first, the priorities of the central government came to fore, in the other, it is seen that the concerns such as the livelihoods of individuals and a better future are highlighted. Since such issues as livelihood, security and a better future constitute the most natural expectations of every human being, such migration movements have been seen in every period and it will continue to seen. Keywords: Peasant, Nomadic, Land, Settlement, Exile