İstanbul
Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire
1878–1922

Population 
 Muslim, 1914[1]
560,434
 Greek, 1914[1]
205,752
 Armenian, 1914[1]
82,880
 Jewish, 1914[1]
52,126
History 
 Established
1878
 Disestablished
1922
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Constantinople Eyalet
Istanbul Province
Today part ofTurkey

The Vilayet of Constantinople[2] or Istanbul (Turkish: Vilâyet-i İstanbul, French: Vilayet de Constantinople) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire, encompassing the imperial capital, Constantinople (Istanbul).

History

It had a special organisation, as it was placed under the immediate authority of the Minister of Police (Zabtiye Naziri), who filled a role equivalent to the governor (wali) in other vilayets.[3]

It included Stamboul (the inner city, known in Turkish as Istanbul) and the quarters of Eyüp, Kassim Pacha, Pera and Galata, and all the suburbs from Silivri on the Sea of Marmara to the Black Sea on the European side, and from Ghili on the Black Sea to the end of the Gulf of İzmit on the Asiatic side.[3]

In 1878, a provincial structure, with a governor (wāli) and provincial officers, was established to perform the same functions within Constantinople that provincial authorities performed elsewhere in the Empire.[4]

Administrative divisions

Sanjaks and kazas, circa 1877:[3]

Demography

Ethnic Groups in Constantinople Vilayet

  Islam (62%)
  Orthodox (23%)
  Apostolic (9%)
  Judaism (6%)
Istanbul vilayet 1914 population [5]
TownshipMuslim %Greek Orthodox %Armenian %Jewish %Others %Total
Fatih (Downtown)279,05664,28728,09513,4412,013386,892
Bakırköy28,96711,2215,95436439046,896
Adalar1,5868,72565279-45-11,087
Beyoğlu117,26775,97130,64231,080-6,135-261,095
Üsküdar70,44719,83213,9496,836579-111,643
Gebze26,2205,85647-21-32,144
Kartal8,2576,8623,21613--18,348
Beykoz14,4663,7083252921-18,792
Şile14,1688,913------23,081
Total 560,434 205,375 82,88052,126 9,163909,978
Armenians: 72,962 Gregorian and 9,918 Catholic. The province has a total population of 1,213 Protestants and 387 Greek Catholics.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "1914 Census Statistics" (PDF). Turkish General Staff. pp. 605–606. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
  2. Geographical Dictionary of the World. Concept Publishing Company. p. 1796. ISBN 978-81-7268-012-1. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 Baker, James (1877). Turkey in Europe. Cassell, Petter & Galpin. pp. 515–516.
  4. Stanford Jay Shaw; Ezel Kural Shaw (1977). History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey. Cambridge University Press. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-521-29166-8. Retrieved 2013-06-04.
  5. Karpat, Kemal (1985). Ottoman Population, 1830-1914: Demographic and Social Characteristics. University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 170–171. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.


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