Özet:

The Ottoman-Russian War (1877-1878) generally affected the country’s political, social and economic situation, but it had more influence in the eastern provinces, including Diyarbekır. In these circumstances, because of the lack of available regulatory forces and opportunities, there emerged an authority gap, and this expanded the movement range of some Kurdish tribes and some serious law and order problems took place. Due to the post-war international agreements -Treaty of San Stefano and Berlin- signed after this war, Abidin Pasha was appointed to the province as the Reform Commissioner to realize Armanian reforms in 1879, in accordance with the articles related to the Armenians. Abidin Pasha tried to establish a peace atmosphere with the serious measures he took in the province and exiled the chiefs of the tribes who were regarded as obstacles to the continuation of these reforms. But, the central administration impeached Abidin Pasha by intervening with the deportion of some influential people by Abidin Pasha. This situation prevented the peace and tranquility established in the province from being long-term. Thereupon the goverment (Babiali) appointed Aziz Pasha to investigate the situation of the Kurdish tribal leaders. Aziz Pasha identified that there had been some criminals to be sentenced to death due to their murders as well as some innocent ones. However, the issue of where they should be convicted kept to be uncertain for a long time. A healthy result could not be obtained from the investigations due to negligance of the goverment and probable pressures upon the investigation comission. Meanwhile, Aziz Pasha proposed the Babıali some permanent and efficient precautions to be taken to establish the social peace in the region. However, these proposals did not become fruitful because of the fact that they were not turned into state policies and followed by the central governments.

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