THE LIABILITY OF BUILDING OR CONSTRUCTION OWNER IN OTTOMAN LAW

The liability of building or construction owner is an absolute liability which settled in Turkish Code Obligation. This liability is due to the failure in the bu-ilding or construction or lack of care. The liability of building or construction owner was also found in Ottoman law. This work aimed to reveal the responsi-bility of the liability of building or construction owner in terms of Ottoman law. The legal nature, the conditions and results of liability of building or construc-tion owner were examined in Ottoman law.In theory and practice in Ottoman law, there are examples where the owner of a building or structure is considered responsible. The rules in fiqh sources and examples in practice were used in this work. Today s legal regulations have been compared with Ottoman law. There are similarities and differences between modern Turkish law and Ottoman law about the liability of building or constructure owner.