Özet:

As an extension of the idea of the appearance of Tanzimat, a very comprehensive varidity detection was needed in the Ottoman country. For this purpose, the accounting institution was established in the beginning of 1840 to reveal the state’s population, property, land and animal existence. In this context in the country between the years 1840-1846 two series of varids were counted. As a result of the records kept in these numbers, the Temettüat book, which is the most comprehensive real estate, land and animal records in the Ottoman history, appeared. The XIX. Through these books, which have an indispensable importance in the studies on the Ottoman history of the century, detailed information about the social and economic life of the Ottoman State is obtained. 1844 – 1845 (H. According to the Temettüat census of the town of Tokat, which was carried out in 1260-1261, the number of Roms living in Tokat is estimated to be 1115 people. In this work, taking advantage of the Temettüat books, in Tokat’s 16 neighborhoods (Kâbe Mescidi-60 hane, Yaşmeydan-16 hane, Çilehane-1 hane, Meydan-i Muslim-4 hane, Semerkand-3 hane, Suiçmez-3 hane, Menice-1 hane, Soğukpınar-i Muslim-6 hane, Hoca Ahmed-9 hane. Dere-51 houses, Şecâeddin-30 houses, Cami-i Kebir-1 houses, Zâim-22 houses, Hoca Ibrahim-7 houses, Debbağhane-i Cedid-4 houses, Daş Nerdiban-5 houses), a total of 223 houses will be revealed data on the social and economic conditions of the estimated Rom population. Finally, the population of the Tokat Rums, the names of the households, the professional structure of the population, the annual income and expenditure, the tax amounts they pay to the state, the property, land and animal amounts they own, will be determined and thus the population of the Rums will be compared with other non-Muslim elements in the Tokat social and economic.