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    Controlling Space: State Supervision over Urban Khans in Eighteenth- and Early Nineteenth-Century Istanbul
    (Oriental Inst Czech Acad Sci, 2019) Yasar, Ahmet
    This paper spatializes a set of questions regarding public order and disorder that bear on urban life and urban government during eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Ottoman Istanbul. By focusing on urban khans as loci for unidentifiable persons (mechulu'l-ahval) in the city, it examines various problems the central authorities associated with their presence and surveillance mechanisms developed with regard to these individuals. By analyzing the urban rebellions of 1730 and 1740, and the Greek rebellion in 1821, it follows how urban khans became spaces of inspection by the authorities in order to explore a broader notion of public order based on social norms. Finally, it discusses aspects of political language that legitimized the state's acts of surveillance over khans and their residents, by focusing on the terms mefasid (evils) and maslaha (redressing of wrongs).
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    A convivial space: the urban khan in Ottoman Istanbul from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth centuries
    (Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2023) Yasar, Ahmet
    This article examines the privacy, sociality and conviviality dynamics of urban khans in Ottoman Istanbul from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth centuries. Firstly, it looks at the professional and ethno-religious patterns in their use as commercial and residential spaces, then discusses khans as a private residential space, through inheritance records of those who live and die in a khan room. Finally, it turns to issues regarding the public spaces of a khan, namely its common areas, and in particular performative and theatrical practices located in khan courtyards. The article highlights the particular role played by urban khans as convivial spaces of residence, artisanal production, commercial exchange, and sociability.
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    From an arasta bazaar to a piyasa street: the transformation of Direklerarası in Ottoman Istanbul from the 1720s to the 1920s
    (Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2025) Tunc Yasar, Fatma; Yasar, Ahmet
    This article examines the transformation of Direkleraras Street, located on Istanbul's historical Divanyolu, from the 1720s to the 1920s. Originally built in 1729 as an arasta to generate revenue for Ibrahim Pasha's madrasa, it featured an innovative architectural style comprising rows of shops facing each other and colonnaded sidewalks. It served as a commercial and social centre for the Janissary Corps until their abolition in 1826. Around the 1860s, Direkleraras integrated into the entertainment and social milieu surrounding Beyazt Square, particularly during the Ramadan months, and evolved into the primary promenade street of intramural Istanbul with the proliferation of literary cafes, teahouses, and theatres from the 1880s onwards. However, starting from the 1910s, changing socio-cultural and urban dynamics led to the decline of Direkleraras's reputation and popularity. Conceptualizing Direkleraras as both a spatial entity and a reflection of the cultural dynamics of the late Ottoman capital, this article scrutinizes its transformation driven by social interactions, local entrepreneurship, and political interventions, focusing on spatial experiences, entertainment, spectacle, promenade culture, and clientele.
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    Urban Khans in Istanbul in the Middle of the 19th Century: A Spatial Analysis
    (Istanbul 29 Mayis Univ & Isam, 2023) Yasar, Ahmet
    This article is about the urban khans and bachelor chambers in Ot-toman Istanbul in the middle of the 19th century. The study is based on two registers among the Evkaf Defterleri, which contain comprehensive information about a total of 593 urban khans and bachelor rooms in the capital. These reg-isters divided Istanbul into 26 branches and listed 593 buildings, of which 418 were called 'khan' and 175 were called 'bachelor chamber or room'. The records in these two registers provide very important data about the location of the urban khans in the spatial setting of Istanbul and the regions where these places were concentrated in the city, the separation of urban khans and bachelor rooms, the number of rooms in urban khans and bachelor chambers, and the foundations that owned these buildings. These registers, formed by the political power that had turned into a statistical state, offer the opportunity to present the earliest and most comprehensive inventory of urban khans and bachelor chambers at the eve of change and transformation in Ottoman Istanbul in the second half of the 19th century. After introducing the registers within the framework of the article, using Geographical Information Systems (GIS), issues such as the regions where the urban khans were concentrated, the main khans, the number of khans, and the difference between khans and bachelor chambers will be discussed; and a list of the urban khans will be given.