Abstract:

The social and demographic structure of the Ottoman State is one of the archive sources used in research by relevant historians. Population records do not only give the names of individuals in the areas that are counted, but also contain the amount of tax they pay, the professions they do, the age of the individuals and the health status of many topics. Details about family structures can be obtained from the books. In the settlements, it is identified how many families are small families or how many families are large families. Some households are seen to have a crowd of houses where the grandfather, the grandfather, the uncle and the lion also live alongside the father and mother. The registration of the professions of persons in the Population Books makes it possible to obtain information about the distribution of the professions within the country. In this study, we also tried to reveal the demographic and social structure of the Cam-i Kebir district, which is located in the neighborhood linked to the centre of Malatya by moving from the Harput state, (Malatya) sanctuary, Malatya, Cubas nahiyesi, Isoli nahiyesi population register, which is located in the NFS code 2640 from 1841/1842.