THE END OF AKINCI CORPS IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Journal: DergiPark (Istanbul University)
Year: 2013

It has been known that the Akıncıs were in the Ottoman Empire an extention of the corps which provided the border security of the Turkish states. They were named in the Seljuki period as “margraves”. Even the Ottomans were one of these margraves. Adopting a more centralist policy, the Ottoman Empire didn&amp;#039;t leave the border security to margraves as it was the case in Seljuks, but they assigned this job to some akıncı families. Evrenesoğulları in Albania and Dalmatia, Mihal-oğulları in Bo