FACTORS IN THE ANALYSIS OF THE POPULATION OF ANATOLIA, 1800-1878
Journal: Gorgias Press eBooks
Year: 2010

An historical demographer tried to provide general estimates of the population of Anatolia before 1878 since only poor readily available data exist. Besides Ottomans only collected data on males. Obstacles to collecting existing data include collection of district vital events registers and tying them with a summary population register would be overwhelming for scholars and the Bas Bakanlik Arsivi in Istanbul Turkey has not catalogued many remaining uncatalogued population registers. The Ottoman