17. - 18. YÜZYILLARDA GİRİT’TE MÜLK TARLALAR VE ÇİFT BAŞLI MÜLKİYET
THE DUAL PROPERTY SYSTEM IN CRETE IN THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES

Summary/Abstract: Crete joined the Ottoman territory in a period when the tımar and land system begun to change. In the newly acquired region, the extensions of the old land system survived as a traditional attitude. The most important of these was to leave the reaya agricultural land as private property. A large number of fields inherited from her ancestors during the Venetian period were registered in the Kadi registers. Land registry was conducted three times on the island, in 1650, 1670 and 1705. After the temporary system in 1650, all the lands on the island were accepted to be haracî, and the Muslim or non-Muslim reaya were given the deeds of their private lands. Owners of property had legal rights such as selling, donating and bequeathing their property fields andused these rights. On the other hand, the same lands were also classified as tımar, vakıf and temlik lands. As a result, two separate owners of the lands emerged. Reaya with the right of usufruct acquired a property right, while the tımar, vakıf and temlik institutions receiving the proceeds of the lands got a second property right. This caused serious legal problems, especially with waqf lands.

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