Bribery and Corruption in the Tanzimat Era: The Case of Diyarbakır Council Member Hacı Şeyh Ağa Cover Image

Tanzimat Dönemi’nde Rüşvet ve Yolsuzluk: Diyarbakır Meclis Üyesi Hacı Şeyh Ağa’nın Davası
Bribery and Corruption in the Tanzimat Era: The Case of Diyarbakır Council Member Hacı Şeyh Ağa

Author(s): Özlem Karsandik Yazici
Subject(s): Criminology, The Ottoman Empire, Penal Policy
Published by: Kilis 7 Aralık Üniversity
Keywords: Tanzimat; Bribery; Hacı Sheikh Ağa; Lawsuit;

Summary/Abstract: Many regulations were made with the Tanzimat Era on bribery and corruption that had existed since the foundation years of the Ottoman Empire. However, in this period, accusations of bribery and corruption and lawsuits based on these accusations were encountered in all the levels of administration. The lawsuit filed due to the irregular practices of Hacı Sheikh Ağa, a Member of Diyarbakır Council was one of them. In the current study, based on the example of Hacı Sheikh Ağa’s case, how bribery and corruption were handled in the Tanzimat period, the practices that led to corruption and the penalties for such crimes were evaluated.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 42-53
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Turkish