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Identifier 000451275
Title Η κοινότητα της Σύμης κατά την οθωμανική περίοδο
Alternative Title The community of Simi in the ottaman period
Author Πούλιος, Στέφανος
Thesis advisor Αναστασόπουλος Αντώνης
Reviewer Κολοβός Ηλίας
Λούκος Χρήστος
Abstract The subject of the dissertation lies at the study of the society and economy of the Aegean island of Symi in the Ottoman period (1522-1912). The thesis attempts to complete the understanding of the Greek-Orthodox insular communities, to change the prevailing assumptions about the tax-free and privileged nature of the administrative status of these communities, taking as a case analysis Symi, which in the Dodecanese literature is presented as the island that had obtained privileges ratified by firmans first by Suleiman the Magnificent and then by later sultans. The claim of non existence of the Ottoman administration on the island is reviewed and the relations between Ottoman institutions and the community are described thoroughly. At the same time, the dissertation studies the transformation of a society based on a special activity, diving and sponge-fishing, connecting the special character of the island with the formation of its relationship with the Ottoman power as early as the 16th century. The mechanization and internationalization of sponge-fishing activity which changed the economic and social context in the 19th century, the divers' protests against the scaphandres and the reactions of the shipowners and the Ottoman administration are examined. Finally, it is explained how it was possible to maintain a social care system that ensured education and primary health to all its members. The dissertation is based on unpublished Ottoman and Greek archival records, consular reports, notarial acts, newspapers and travelogues.
Language Greek
Subject Greek communities
Ottoman history
Simi
Sponge-fishing
Ελληνικέ κοινότητες
Οθωμανική ιστορία
Σπογγαλιεία
Σύμη
Issue date 2022-07-04
Collection   School/Department--School of Philosophy--Department of History and Archaeology--Doctoral theses
  Type of Work--Doctoral theses
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