Labor Migration Between 1564 and 1611 in the Ottoman State and Its Causes

This study examines the causes of labor migration in the Ottoman State in the years between 1564 and 1611. The goal of this study is to find answers to the following questions: Did labor migration occur during the period in question? What were the causes? What were the outcomes? What are the relevant aspects and fields of study? Muhimme Books Registries of Ottoman Archives documents and secondary sources were used in this study. This study consists of an abstract, introduction, goal, method, studies of archives and literature, findings, evaluation, conclusion, and bibliography. Our findings were that the labor force migrated due to a number of reasons such as the inability to comply with on-site production rules, abandoning the places allocated to them, the insufficiency of agricultural areas, and the disagreements between newcomers and the current residents. In conclusion, it was determined that the labor force migrated due to social, economic, administrative, and legal push-pull effects in different regions of the Ottoman state, but the problems were solved by administrators who created appropriate solutions based on the understanding that it was necessary to rewrite the laws whose functions weakened the situation, such as the law of on-site production