Osmanlı’dan Cumhuriyet’e Mardin’de Salgın Hastalıklar
Epidemic Deseases in Mardin From the Ottoman Era to the Republic

Summary/Abstract: Epidemics are an important factor with devastating social and political effects. So much so that while some religions also look at epidemics as a punishment from Allah, some religions have focused on the main causes of the epidemic. In fact, the diseases that occurred with the first existence of the world, emerged for a reason and its effect has continued until today in different ways. The Ottoman Empire is among the states that were seriously affected by these epidemic diseases. Especially Mardin, which borders Syria and Iraq, is a city that suffers in this regard. Before the Ottoman Empire, Mardin was the center of epidemic diseases, especially due to the border trade with Syria, Iraq and Egypt. The aim of this study is to cover the epidemics and the precautions taken against the diseases seen in Mardin during the transition period from the late Ottoman Empire to the early Republic. While some diseases are given wide coverage, some diseases are evaluated superficially because their effects are low. In the study, the course of the epidemic diseases seen in the Ottoman and Republican periods in Mardin was also discussed. In the study, a quantitative way was followed by using the Prime Ministry Ottoman and Republic Archives, local and national press and memories.

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