TANZİMAT'TAN SONRA (1839) KÜTAHYA'DAKİ HIRİSTİYANLARIN DİNÎ-İDARİ DURUMLARI VE YAŞADIKLARI TARTIŞMALI MESELELER.

After Tanzimat, there was a variation among Christians in Kütahya as in many parts of Ottoman Empire. In this city which Greeks, Armenians, Catholics, and Protestants lived there, each religious group has created its own institutional structures in the light of regulations. In this study that new settlements brought by the process of variation were examined, the social and religious positions of Christians in Kütahya were primarily discussed. The centers of Metropolitan and Bishoprics affiliated with Christians in Kütahya were clarified in the historical process. In addition to, the religious and intuitional problems they have were handled. These problems were scrutinized by comparing the counties of Kütahya and Ottoman Empire. Another issue discussed here is refugees and Christian leaders exiled to Kütahya. Especially, the exile of Bishop Hilaryon who had an important role in the establishment of the Bulgarian Church was examined in detail. The situations of Christians in Kütahya which were studied in the light of Prime Ministry Ottoman Archives documents and Hüdavendigar Vilayeti Salnameleri were analysed by being compared with Christians lived in other regions of Ottoman Empire. In this sense, the religious expressions and comments that Christian clergy reported to Ottoman Empire have included important details involving History of Religions and Phenomenology of Religion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]