Abstract :
This article addresses the reasons and the course of the change in official status of the township of Istanos. A township within the Ottoman administrative system was known to be a settlement unit, following districts where mostly the ‘manorial’ system was applied, and it had heads assigned by the district kadis. Istanos has existed as a township of Antalya, the central district of the Teke Sanjak, throughout almost the entire course of Ottoman history. However, its change in status to the district of Istanos was a process launched towards the end of the 19th century, through the efforts of the local community, who experienced difficulties in travelling to Antalya, together with the reasons that were put forward by the Governors of Konya for the easier execution of state affairs. Nonetheless, this process took many years to come to completion. Firstly, the Istanos township was temporarily turned into a district in 1914, and then permanently, following the completion of the legal process in 1917. The name of the township recorded in this same period was changed from Istanos to Korkudili, the new name referring to Şehzade (Prince) Korkut (1467-1513).
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Township , Istanos , Teke sanjak , Korkudili , district
