Fellow-Citizens and Guarantors—The Arapkirlis Legally Settle in Kasap ƒlyas
The majority of people who came to Kasap ƒlyas from outside Istanbul in the 1880s and 1890s came without holding…
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Migration Records
The notebooks of the muhtar of Kasap ƒlyas contain a total of about three hundred records of people having entered…
Legal Residence: Regionalism and Nepotism
The Arapkirlis who migrated to Kasap ƒlyas knew that they would be facing a “soft landing” upon their arrival. This…
An “Informal Sector” Activity: Ambulant Fruit Vending
Communications were slow and scarce at the time and most of the fresh fruits and vegetables consumed within the city…
Occupations and Integration: “Nonguild Labor”
According to the census returns, 259 people in the mahalle had regular occupations in 1885 (see table 3.2). Of these,…
Neighborhood Localization
Contrary to other groups of rural migrants to the Ottoman capital,32 the Arapkirlis were not transient, temporary, or seasonal migrants.…