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    Examining age structure and estimating mortality rates in Ottoman Bursa using Mid-Nineteenth-Century population registers
    (Taylor _ Francis, 2021) Department of History; Erünal, Efe; PhD Student; Department of History; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities
    This study aims to document the age structure and mortality by age in the Ottoman city of Bursa that served as a politically and commercially significant urban center over centuries. It uses a set of hitherto unexamined Ottoman population registers kept in 1839 and updated until 1842 that provide detailed self-reported data on all male inhabitants regardless of age, including deaths, births, and migration. The study tests the quality of age and mortality data in conjunction with the Coale and Demeny regional model life tables and compares the results to historical demographic studies conducted for European regions. The results point to a demographic structure marked by high birth and death rates and prove promising for extending back the study of Ottoman demographic transition and establishing historical comparison points with the global experience.
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    Labor migration from Krusevo: mobility, Ottoman transformation, and the Balkan highlands in the 19th century
    (Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2021) Department of History; Sefer, Akın; Yıldız, Aysel; Kabadayı, Mustafa Erdem; Researcher; Researcher; Faculty Member; Department of History; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; N/A; N/A; 33267
    Although mountainous regions remained relatively isolated and almost untouched by the Ottoman rule, labor migration connected the inhabitants of these regions to the socioeconomic and political processes in the Ottoman Empire and beyond. Krusevo, a highland village located in present-day North Macedonia, provides an excellent case for understanding these connections. This paper presents systematic evidence from the Ottoman archives to document and analyze the social, economic, and demographic impacts of labor migration during this period. It provides an in-depth analysis of the Ottoman population and tax records of Krusevo in the 1840s, demonstrating the occupational profiles, migration patterns, and family and neighborhood networks of village residents during this period. Based on this analysis, it argues that labor migration was key to the transformation of social, economic, and demographic relations in rural communities and to the integration of even the most remote highland villages with the modernization processes that characterized the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century.