Istanbul Historical Studies

In Halil İnalcık's İstanbul Tarihi Araştırmaları (Studies on the History of Istanbul), one of the works he entrusted to our publishing house before his death, İnalcık's articles on Istanbul's history and previously unpublished works, through which he contributed to the subject for sixty years, are presented together. In the first section of the work, İnalcık compiles his various studies on the repopulation and reconstruction activities of Istanbul after its conquest. He examines the city's re-establishment as a Turkish-Islamic city, drawing upon archival documents and primary sources in various languages. Additionally, the city's population, settlements, and economic life are among the book's significant contributions. In the second section, İnalcık presents his research on Galata, Eyüp, and Üsküdar as the Bilâd-i Selâse (Three Cities). Alongside various Istanbul censuses, he dedicates a significant portion to the 1885 Istanbul Census, focusing on the structural characteristics of Istanbul's demographics. By providing a list of existing neighborhoods in Istanbul from 1911, he illustrates the developmental stages of Istanbul as a Turkish-Islamic city over a broad spectrum from 1453 to 1911. In İstanbul Tarihi Araştırmaları, İnalcık's research on the history of Istanbul over many years is presented as a whole, along with his work The Survey of Istanbul 1455, published in 2012, which was the first Ottoman cadastral survey of Istanbul after its conquest.