Özet:

The cash waqfs were established mostly for social purposes. In the Ottoman Empire, the educational and the medical services, public works also the majorty of religious and the charity services were provided by the cash waqfs. Furthermore, they maintained cash for the craftsmen and people who were in desperate need of money.  130 cash waqfs founded in Rize and its surroundings between 1859 and 1913 to keep the religious and social services in the villages and nearby districts active. Moreover, they provided cash requirements of the people in the vicinity. Thus they prevented excessive interest rates by claiming decent operational charges. In this paper, the numbers and the social status of the waqf founders, the amount of endowed money and the purposes of the waqfs established in Rize and surroundings in the periods of Ottomans have been examined.

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