Abstract:

The development of the Feriköy town between the districts of Beyoğlu and Şişli, is found in the late 19th century. Moreover, although Feriköy is adjacent to the Tatavla (Kurtuluş) neighbourhood, which the Greek residents of Istanbul live in, it attracts attention that it is not popular as a residence area. Changes in territorial law, one of a number of legal arrangements made after the Imperial Edict of Gülhane, have shaped the future of the district. Thus, it is seen that on the one hand the immigrants who lost their land in the Balkans and on the other hand the non-resident foreigners who could not find a settlement due to the increasing demand of Beyoğlu and the non-Muslims were resident in Feriköy. The going-on developments produced many problems waiting to be solved in terms of administration. For the new settlement areas, it is also among the tasks of the administration to build schools and police stations as well as the provision of roads and water needs. In order to make these activities sustainable, it is necessary to convert the properties belonging to the foundations and make them be open to private property. Since it is not possible to transform individual foundations by nature, it is understood that the land belonging to the sultan foundations (inaccurate foundation land) is used for this purpose. Documents of the Prime Ministry Ottoman Archives support that in Feriköy district, Sultan Bayezid-i Veli foundation's lands have been transformed and used in this way. From this point of view, the process of change of foundation lands in Feriköy has been evaluated in the light of some documents.

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