Özet:

In old times, when especially the economic life was more influenced by nature events more than now, the economic and social issues brought by natural disasters have kept communities and states busy for a long time. That is why, it is essential to reveal the great natural disasters and their effects in order to understand the social and economic history of a county or city. During the time of the Ottoman Empire, Aksaray city was most affected by flood disasters among natural disasters. One of the great flood disasters that caused by flooding of the Melendiz River passing through the middle of the city and damaging the important dimension of the city took place in the winter of 1911. During the disaster, twenty negihborhoods in Aksaray were submerged at least for 15 days; many houses, stables, haystacks, schools, churches, buildings have been destroyed and become unusable. The 195 households that made up an essential part of the flood victims consisted of a poor section that could only supply stores and daily wages. In particular, the 530 population living in 132 households remained in a challenging situation. During the spring season when the weather was warm, flood victims were taking refuge in tree shadows and the situation was sad. They also noted that "there is a possibility of losing lives in the population." After the disaster, Aksaray administrators and elders' relief requests were welcomed by the central government, the flood victims, whose houses were demolished for a while, were tried to be rescued from the misery. With this study which was prepared by using archival documents and national newspapers, it was aimed to contribute to the literature of Ottoman natural disasters and the socio-economic structure of Aksaray.

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