Abstract :
During the last periods of the Ottoman Empire, the development process of silkworm production started when tax incomes from sericulture were transferred to Public Debts Institution, which was founded in December, 1881. In fact, since 1860s, because there were no cures for the diseases haunting the silkworms, many silkworm producers had abandoned the profession; and thus, the tax revenues were dramatically reduced. The Public Debts Institution, which wanted to increase sericulture tax revenues, tried to find the reasons behind this misconduct and came up with the establishment of Harir Daruttalim as a solution. Shortly after the opening of the school, positive outcomes were observed and as a result, some more steps were taken in order to encourage and to inspect production. Government coordinated regulations, one of which was the foundation of Daruttallim, revived the sericulture as the time went by. Although silkworm eggs were imported before 1888, at the beginning of XX century eggs as well as raw silk materials started to be exported intensively. Cities identified with silk and silk products revived. Tax revenues increased by four hundred percent and this positive atmosphere went on till Balkan and the First World Wars.
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Sericulture , Duyun , ı Umumiyye , Harir Dârüttalimi
