The Social Changes in the Modern Ottoman Empire as seen from the Marine Personnel Records

本研究旨在通过分析这些从事海上活动的人的个人历史来重新考虑奥斯曼帝国的社会结构。作为来源，我们使用了来自海军人员记录的各种数据。结果，我们发现了他们的背景（国籍、宗教、出生地、社会地位等）和职业模式的一组趋势，并明确了黑海地区出身的个人在后期奥斯曼社会海洋活动中的重要性。

This research aims to reconsider the Ottoman social constracture by means of analyzing personal histories of these who engaged in maritime activities. As the source we used various data from the marine personnel records. As a result, we found a set of tendency of their background (nationality, relicion, birth place, social status, v.s.) and career patterns, and made clear the importance of personals of the Black Sea region by origin in marine acitivities of the late Ottoman society.