Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Dergisi 2007 , Vol 50 , Num 4
Appointed trustee to orphans in Ottoman Empire in XIXth century: example of Antalya.
Haldun Eroğlu
Akdeniz Üniversitesi Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi Tarih Bölümü Doçenti Eroğlu H. (Department of History, Akdeniz University Faculty of Arts and Sciences Antalya, Turkey). Appointed trustee to orphans in Ottoman Empire in XIXth century: example of Antalya. Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Dergisi 2007; 50: 285-288.

In the Otoman Empire, when a subject died and a child was orphaned, a trustee was appointed formally to overseen their inheritance. The duties of the trustees were to protect the orphan’s properties and to secure and manage them. When the matured physically and mentally, the trustees gave up their duties. The purpose of appointing a trustee was to ensure the properties of the orphan were not plundered and their future was securred. The empire protected all orphans, both Muslim and non-Muslim, without discrimination. Anahtar Kelimeler : Vasî, yetim çocuklar, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu, Trustee, orphan, Ottoman Empire

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