Abstract:

The Ottoman Empire and European states have been in political and commercial relations for centuries. Especially since the 16th century, when the Ottoman Empire lived its heyday, ceramic and porcelain products had an important place in the trade between the states, both in daily life and as a luxury consumption tool, within the framework of increasing commercial relations. It has become an open market for the European State. With this treaty, the arrival of European ceramics to the Ottoman lands became easier. One of the biggest reasons for the increasing import of ceramics especially in the 18th and 19th centuries is the laborious and limited manual labor of local ceramic production. The majority of European ceramics were produced in large numbers and at a lower cost by industrial methods in factories in various countries. Within the scope of the study, the import of European ceramics to various Ottoman cities was investigated with important sources such as archaeological data, customs records and archival documents. With all these data, the dimensions of the ceramic trade within the scope of commercial activities between the Ottoman Empire and the European States were tried to be clarified.

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