Accordıng to number 1 trabzon provınce verdıct regıster sub-dıstrıct of kürtün records (1742-1759)

Divan-ı hümayun (Imperial council) was the highest administrative and judicial unit of the Ottoman Empire. The issues discussed and negotiated in the Divan were written in various book series. One of these book series was the Province Verdict Register (Eyalet Ahkâm Defteri) that appeared in 1742. Province Verdict registers and records include complaints brought to the capital and solutions raised by the central administration on the cases which cannot be settled in the local courts. In this respect, Province Verdict registers are primary references for the researchers of local history. This paper deals with the Number 1 Trabzon Province Verdict Register, which contains the provisions between 1742-1759 with reference to the decrees sent from the center to Kürtün and accordingly highlights administrative, social and economic history of the province.