Ethnic and Regional Characters of the Modern Ottoman Society

本研究旨在通过分析奥斯曼帝国晚期从事海洋活动的人的民族和地域特征，重新思考奥斯曼帝国晚期的社会结构。该项目有两个主题;第一，民族性，朗姆酒（希腊）在航运中的作用，第二，区域性，从黑海沿岸地区到伊斯坦布尔的人员供应。至于第一个主题，根据与征兵有关的历史材料，我澄清了希腊的独立对奥斯曼海军招募那些在海上有才能的人有严重的影响。至于第二个主题，我研究了土耳其博物馆的“Kunye Defteri”（海军服役记录），并收集了军官和水手的出生地数据。为了购物，我查阅了土耳其海事公司档案中的“Maas Defteri”（名为I dare-I Mahsusa的国家轮船公司的付款登记簿）。笔者选取其中的29个名册，对船员的出生地资料进行分析，得出结论：黑海沿岸地区为奥斯曼帝国海军和国家轮船公司提供了大量的航海人才。

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.