%0 Journal Article
%T A Study of Social Network Analysis: The  yan of Bursa in the Late 18th Century
%A Nil¨¹fer Alkan G¨¹nay
%J Journal of Gazi Academic View
%D 2012
%I Gazi University
%X A large number of researches have been conducted on the ayans who made their marks on 18thcentury Ottoman history. These researches have generally focused on some of the most powerful andinfluential ayan dynasties. However, the findings about the exact sources of ayan¡¯s influence on societyand administration are still limited. This study suggests using social network analysis (SNA) in orderto expand the knowledge base about ayans as a social stratum. In this study, on two Bursa court registersbelonging to the late 18th century, in which ayans of Bursa were most effective, the method of socialnetwork analysis was carried out according to the debtor-creditor relation as a variable. In this paper,the results of this experiment are presented.
%K Social Network Analysis (SNA)
%K ayans
%K Bursa
%K 18th century
%K court registers
%U http://www.ataum.gazi.edu.tr/e107_files/sayi10/3-nilufer-alkan-gunay.pdf