Ethnic and Regional Characters of the Modern Ottoman Society

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This research aimed to reconsider the social structure of the late Ottoman Empire by analyzing the ethnic and regional characters of those who engaged in the oceanic activities. The project held two subjects; first, the ethnicity, Rum (Greek)'s role in the shipping and second, the regional character, the personnel supply from Black Sea coast region to Istanbul, As to the 1st subject, based on historical materials related to the conscription, I clarified that the Greek independence had a serious influence on the Ottoman Navy in recruiting, those who were talented in maritime morks. As to the 2nd subject, I researched the "Kunye Defteri" (the service record of the Navy) at the Turkish Museum and collected the data of birthplaces of officers and sailors. And for shopping, I looked into the "Maas Defteri" (payment register of the national steamship company named I dare-I Mahsusa) in the Turkish Maritime Company's archives. I choose 29 registers among them and analyzed the data of the birthplaces of the crew.As the result of these researches I came to the conclusion that the Black Sea coast region provided a great number of maritime personnel for the Ottoman Navy as well as the national steamship company.