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Çıldır Eyaleti, Osmanlı Devleti’nin Kafkasya’ya doğru uzanan zorlu coğrafyasında bulunmaktaydı. Rusya ve İran sınırları yakınında bulunan bölge, devletin doğu kanadının güvenliği için önemli bir noktadaydı. Rusya’nın XVIII. yüzyıl başından itibaren gerçekleştirmeye çalıştığı sıcak denizlere ulaşma politikasının bir ayağını da Kafkasya oluşturmaktaydı. Bu bağlamda Balkanlar, Karadeniz ve Güney Kafkasya üzerinden hücuma geçen Rusya’nın denize ulaşma hedefl erinden biri de Anadolu’nun kuzeydoğusuydu. İşte tam da bu bölgede yer alan Çıldır Eyaleti oldukça önemli bir stratejik bölge haline gelmiştir. Rusya, XVIII. ve XIX. yüzyıllarda Osmanlı Devleti’ne karşı giriştiği tüm savaşlarda Karadeniz’in doğusundan Çıldır ve Anadolu üzerine ordular sevk etmiştir. Bu yönüyle Yakınçağ başlarında bölge Osmanlı-Rus savaşlarına sahne olmuştur. III. Selim’in tahta geçtiği 1789 yılında devam eden Osmanlı-Rus Savaşı dolayısıyla Çıldır Eyaleti de saldırıya uğramıştı. Savaştan sonra sınır güvenliğine önem veren III. Selim bölgede bulunan Çıldır Eyaleti’ne dirayetli valiler atamaya gayret etmiştir. III. Selim’in Çıldır valisi olarak görevlendirdiği devlet adamlarından biri de Mehmed Şerif Paşa’dır. Şerif Paşa, Çıldır’ın yanı sıra Trabzon ve Kars valilikleri ile Karadeniz sahilleri seraskerliği de yapmıştır. Bu çalışmada Mehmed Şerif Paşa’nın bölgedeki faaliyetleri dönemin ana kaynakları olan vakayinameler ve arşiv belgeleri ışığında ele alınmıştır.
The Crazy State was located in the challenging geography of the Ottoman State stretching towards the Caucasus. The area near the border between Russia and Iran was an important point for the security of the state’s eastern wing. 18th of Russia. The Caucasus was also a footstep of the hot seas policy it has been trying to implement since the beginning of the century. In this context, one of the targets of Russia, which was attacked through the Balkans, the Black Sea and the Southern Caucasus, was the northeastern part of Anatolia. This is exactly where the Crazy State, located in this region, has become a very important strategic area. Russia in XVIII. and XIX. In all the wars he entered against the Ottoman State in the centuries, he was crazy from the east of the Black Sea and sent armies on the Anadolu. In this direction, the region was the scene of the Ottoman-Russian wars in the early days. and III. As a result of the Ottoman-Russian war in 1789, when Selim passed the throne, the Crazy State was also attacked. After the war, the security of the border. In the city of Salim, the rulers of the crazy state tried to appoint the rulers. and III. One of the state men that Selim has appointed as the Crazy Governor is Mehmed Sherif Pasha. Sheriff Pasha, along with the Crazy, has also made the treasury of the governments of Trabzon and Kars and the Black Sea beaches. In this study, the activities of Mehmed Sherif Pasha in the region were addressed in the light of the data and archive documents, which were the main sources of the period.
Çıldır Province was on a tough geography of The Ottoman State ranging towards Caucasia. The area near Russia and Persia border was very importatnt for the security of the east wing of the state. The Caucasia was a part of the Russian policy that aimed to reach warm waters onward the beginning of the 18th century. In this contex the Northeastern region of Anatolia was one of the goals of Russia that attacked through Balkans, Black Sea and the Southern Caucasia to reach sea. Çıldır which was exactly located at this region became a very important strategic region. Russia sent troops to Çıldır and Anatolia from the Eastern Mediterranean in all the wars against the Ottoman Empire during the 18th and 19th centuries. In this direction at the beginning of the contemporary age the region witnessed Ottoman-Russian wars. In 1789, in which Selim III acceded to the throne, because of the ongoing Ottoman-Russian war the Çıldır Province had also been attacked. Selim III who gave importance to the border security endeavoured to appoint decisive governors to the Çıldır province. One of the statesmen who was appointed by Selim III as Çıldır governor was also Mehmed Şerif Pasha. Şerif Pasha, besides carrying governorship of Çıldır out, had performed governorships of Trabzon and Kars and also worked as serasker of Black Sea Coasts. ın this article the activities of Mehmed Şerif Pasha in the region under the light of main sources of the time Vekayinames and archive documents are studied.
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