II. ABDÜLHAMİT DÖNEMİ'NDE KONUT İNŞASINDA BÜROKRATİK SÜREÇ VE UŞAK'TA KONUT KÜLTÜRÜ.

This study aims to investigate house-building process during the time of Abdulhamid II and housing habits in Uşak District. Within such framework, taxes and fees, bureaucratic process, and official permissions were analyzed to have a closer look at housing traditions in Uşak District. The paper also deals with technical aspects such as terms used to describe housing, construction materials and size of houses. Primary sources of the study mainly relies on archival materials and Şeriyye Sicils of Uşak. Findings of the study suggest that the house building process had a substantial traditional nature far from 19th century Ottoman modernization context, requires a great deal of taxes and fees obligations and tiresome bureaucratic dealings in Uşak District. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]