From a Byzantine Fortress to an Ottoman City: The History of Dimetoka from its Conquest to the Late XVthCentury

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ATEŞ H.

Turkish Journal of History, cilt.0, sa.75, ss.91-115, 2021 (ESCI, Scopus, TRDizin) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 0 Sayı: 75
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.26650/iutd.977123
  • Dergi Adı: Turkish Journal of History
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, L'Année philologique, Historical Abstracts, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.91-115
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Didymoteichon, Kizildeli, Madrasa, Rumelia, Urbanisation
  • Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
  • Trakya Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Dimetoka (Didymoteichon), besieged and conquered during the Ottoman incursions into the Middle Maritsa Valley, is a strategically important town. This garrison city, with a few neighborhoods within the fortress, underwent rapid urban growth under Ottoman rule with the establishment of new residential areas outside the original settlement. While it became increasingly Muslim with the construction of mosques and madrasa (Islamic schools), it also served as an urban center for the surrounding countryside. Until the rise of Edirne as the new capital, Dimetoka preserved its strategic importance and war efforts as new conquests in the Balkans were coordinated from the palace in the same city. The purpose of this study is to analyze the changing profile of the city under Ottoman rule based on the Tahrir Registers and some other archival material.