The Journal of Academic Social Science Studies
International Journal of Social Science Volume 6 Issue 2, p. 1263-1294, February 2013
NİĞDE’DE İLK NÜFUS SAYIMI (23 ŞEVVAL 1246/6 NİSAN 1831) FIRST POPULATION CENSUS IN NIGDE (Shawwal 23, 1246 / April 6, 1831)
Doç. Dr. Hava SELÇUK Erciyes Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Tarih Bölümü
Abstract In the XIX th century, the Ottoman Empire faced with many improvements and changes in administrative, financial and economical structure. One of these changes is census. By the middle of the century with a number of administrative changes, census was conducted in the entire country. These changes and census, made in the entire country, shows us the structure of the population and also gives us an opportunity to make number of assessments on a local basis. In this study, after determining the borders of Nigde we will do an assessment on the population of sanjak. The first population census in Otoman Empire was made in 1831, Mahmut the 2nd’s era. Back in 1831, Nigdeheld a dist rict status under Konya state. Prime Ministry Otoman Empire Archives’ ‚Defter -i kaza-i ba-Nefs-i Niğde ve Maden–i Bereketlü ve Yahyalu ve Şücaeddin ve Bor tab -i liva-i Niğde‛ Nigde District population Book, under number 3553’s pages between 6 and 91, information on Nigde’s districtand villages have been taken under examination and area’s socio-economic state is discussed. The book itself consists of 476 pages. In the register there are characteristics of people (long-haired, bearded, black bearded, grey bearded, naturally lacking bearded and tall), their ages, jobs and dates of death when they died in a few years that followed. In the date of census of