OSMANLI KLASİK DÖNEMİNDE SİPAHİ, KÖYLÜ VE DEVLET.

The relations of the peasant, who is the main producer in all the medieval states, where the country's economy was based on agriculture, and the local administrator, who determined and collected his obligations to the state, have always been remarkable. When the subject is approached in the Ottoman Empire, the sipahi and the peasant are the most important representatives of this governing and managed group. Sipahi in the Ottoman Empire; in addition to being both a soldier and a tax collector, he is the representative of the administration in the countryside with the position of many civil servants, and the peasantry is the sector that produces, pays taxes, and is administered by the state. These two groups, which are effective in the formation of society, are in a close relationship with each other. Sipahi-peasant relations have become one of the issues that Ottoman economic historians deal with. However, domestic studies based on archival records seem to be limited when compared to foreign studies in this field. Looking at the relations of these two classes from the perspective of the defenders of the classical class conflict theory, a conflict is sought between them. In fact, when we look at the qadi registers in which we watch the sipahi-peasant relations, the existence of this conflict is thought to exist. Indeed, when we look at the sources, there are people who use their duties for their own benefit as well as those who try to collect taxes on behalf of the state. The abuses of the sipahis, who did not do their duty properly, made the villagers suffer, and caused the villagers, who had to fulfill their obligations to the state, to avoid these obligations from time to time. Undoubtedly, it is not the sipahi who always refuses to do his part. It is possible to encounter the situation where the villager causes victimization, whether it is a malicious act or neglect of his obligations to the state and to his cavalry. In the Ottoman Empire, which was the basis of the understanding of the state and was known to be successful in providing it especially in the classical period, these conflicts were tried to be resolved through legitimate legal channels, as can be understood from the court records. Because each of these classes has a different meaning for the state and is indispensable. For example, the state can neither give up the sipahi, which is its most important military power, which provides peace and security in the country that collects its taxes, nor can it give up on the peasant, who is the main producer, that is, it is impossible to protect one against the other and to support the other at the expense of neglecting one group. For this purpose, in the article, the savings made by the state by using archive records and their results are also included. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]