The Ottoman Castles in Eastern Border of in Terms of Organization and Operation and Mevacib Defters

Mevacib defters, a type of military counting, are the most important archive sources to determine the military corps in ulufe. Due to these defter, it is possible to identify the size, payments, names and organizations of the retained soldiers working in and out of center. Border castles in the different parts of the Ottoman geography were more crowded than the inland castles and richer according to the variety of military corps. In these castles, sentries assigned from the center gave maintenance service as well as permanent soldiers. This settlement made the cities in which these castles exist have an appearance of a military city.