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Ayntâb Şehir Hayatında Vakıflar (XVI. Yüzyıl)

2014, Uluslararası Antep - Halep Vakıfları Sempozyumu Bildileri

Abstract

Waqfs - charitable institution- were significant foundations in city life in regard, both, to social and economic aspects. Thanks to waqfs, the governments in Islamic States had not much obligations, in carrying out the religious service, administrating and maintaining the religious foundations. Their benefits to state were not limited with these. They provide essential contributions to habitation and construction of cities. The waqf institutions especially identified with külliye that was formed by a mosque in the center and religious, social and commercial buildings around it, constructions and habitation. The influence in the fulfillment of public service necessitated for processing city life harmoniously cannot be ignored as the effect in organization of cities. Public services such as education, cultural, medical, security, transportation and cleaning were performed by waqf. Ayntâb was a city that had old waqfs and religious, social and public services were done by them. The waqf that had existed before Ottomans maintained their existence, also, supplied the needs of people by continuing their services. In the first years of Ottoman sovereignty the new waqfs were founded and the old ones which carried on their legal entity preserved their status. The waqf institution, contributed not only development in physical structure of the city of Ayntâb but also improvement in social, economic and cultural area. Thus, their social contribution in Ayntâb were tried to be evaluated with regard to their functions.