Looking at the Past for Today: The Refugee Crisis of the Modern World and the Ottoman Commission for Immigrants (Muhacirin Komisyonu)
Journal: Hitit Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi dergisi
Year: 2020

The Ottoman Empire handled the massive populations fleeing to its lands through various institutions tasked with settling them in different parts of the empire. One such institution was the Muhacirin Komisyonu, established on January 5, 1860. In this article, I will examine the Ottoman migration experience, as well as the theoretical and historical background on which it was built. While studying the historical experience, I will explore the concepts developed regarding migration within the cont