Özet:

Konya, the capital of Sultanate of Rûm and Karamanids, was highly affected by the struggle between Ottoman and Karamanids which began to intensify towards the middle of 15th century, and was exposed to loss of population and destruction and its foundation works crumbled. In the area, political uncertainty turned into stability with the establishment of Ottoman domination and Konya was accepted to have been the center of Karaman province and it was connected to central administration by means of şehzade (sultan’s son, prince) and pashas (generals) which were appointed there. Konya become a popular place for trade and hajj caravans in east-west axis by means of right line which was one of the busiest road routes in Anatolia on which it was situated, and increased its political and commercial effectiveness by taking part in a great organization such as Ottoman. So, it became a city which tens of field of occupation professed in many bazaar, office building and souk. This situation was reflected in also total tax revenues generated with the taxation of manufactured goods and services in city. But, amount of tax revenue, instead of increase, tended to decrease in time between the beginning and end of the century, and this has taken an attitude which could be interpreted as the contraction of social and economic activities of the city besides the differences of writing styles of tax items and units to the tahrirs (tax registers). If tax revenues are evaluated in three groups such industry, service and agriculture, it is understood that service sector took the lead in urban economy of Konya. Although it is expected that the dominant activity area in cities is the industry and service sector, the agricultural sector also can be seen in the Ottoman cities in general and Karaman province in particular.

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