Abstract:

19th century industrialization affected the commercial course of the world revolution through the implementation of the power steam technology as well as affecting social and political mobility across the large regions of the Ottoman geography. As a result of the concession brought about by the 1838 OttomanBritish Trade Agreement, British consulates were opened in the major Ottoman cities. All the relevant information concerning trade, social and political life, thought to be significant for the citizens and government, was transferred to their capital city by these consulates. This kind of correspondence and transferred information, hardly available in the Ottoman historical accounts and documents, can shed salient light on contemporary researchers dealing with local history. British consular representative in Samsun, which was in charge of the provinces of Sinop, Samsun, Amasya and Ordu, attained considerable and invaluable information about the central Black Sea Region and its administrative, political and social structure. Upon the introduction of new steamboat marine routes in the region, Sinop’s geostrategic importance would be taken over by Samsun and would pave way for the new changes. This article, considering the above issues, will deal with the changes during the transitional period from the Ottoman classical era to the Reformation period, and local administrative policies and attitudes

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