Balkan Tarihi’nin XIX. Asrında Yaşanan Bir Sorun: Adanmış Manastırlar Meselesi
A Problem in the 19th Century of Balkan History: The İssue of Dedicated Monasteries

Summary/Abstract: For places such as Athos Mountain, Jerusalem-i Sharif and Mount Sinai (Egypt) where the monastery communities were concentrated in the Ottoman Empire, Wallachia and Bogdan (Moldovia) had a special importance. Because the monasteries in question had foundations in these lands. These monasteries, many of which were dedicated to the important names of the history of Christianity, reap the revenues of these lands allocated for them, with the help of special officers whom they were assigned to. In the period when the administration of Eflak and Bogdan was given to Fenerlian Greeks, the land devoted to dedicated churches and monasteries was enlarged to almost 11% of all the land of Wallachia and Bogdan. However, this situation began to change with the influence of the political conditions of the 19th century. In this sense, Alexandru Ioan Cuza's being a Wallachian-Bogdan Prince can be regarded as a turning point. As a matter of fact, the policy of expropriation by the Prince Cuza, supported by France, caused a great debate between the administration of Wallachia and Bogdan and the Orthodox temples under the patronage of the Greek Patriarchate. In this study, The Problem of Dedicated Monasteries which has not been evaluated in terms of Ottoman dimension and archival documents will be dealt with so that the sensitivity of the Ottoman Empire towards Christian subjects and policies related to Balkan countries will be analyzed. Nevertheless, in an age when matters related to the Holy Places can be considered as a matter of war, the Ottoman Empire, which faced a similar problem, will examine how it pursues the solution of this problem.

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