Abstract:

The Ottoman family law is based on the principles of Islamic law. The samples of applied law of the principles of Islamic Law are recorded at the Ottoman court records. These registers provide to compare applied law to theoretical one. Especially they give us knowledge about marriage, divorce, alimony. Separately Court records are the first-hand sources of Ottoman social structure for historical periods. Therefore, this article aims to analyze the Ottoman family in Istanbul by means of Ottoman Istanbul court records dated 1724-1725. Many cases related to family law show that there is no significant difference between Islamic law and Ottoman law. Since in the Ottoman court the card is the man who is entitled with the duties of judge and notary and also the civil and administrative duties, different cases passed to court can give information about the different aspects of social life. As the judge-notery the records of kadi serves as the one single source in which one can find both the cases like divorce and the relations between partners like purchase and sale if the family issues are in question

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