Yannis Spyropoulos, ed., The Janissaries: Socio-Political and Economic Actors in the Ottoman Empire (17th-Early 19th Centuries). Halcyon days in Crete XII A Symposium Held in Rethymno, 12-14 January 2024 (Rethymno: Crete University Press, 2025).

• Contents:
  • Acknowledgements, p. ix.
  • Abbreviations – Note on Transliteration, p. xi.
  • Yannis Spyropoulos, "From Records to Realities: Official and Unofficial Dimensions of Janissary Identity," p. xiii-xxxiv.
    • PART ONE: WAQFS AND MONEY LENDING
  • Eunjeong Yi, "Janissary Regiments and Officers in Business (1660-1700): Regimental Waqfs and Trade in Coffee and Slaves," p.3-28.
  • İrfan Kokdaş & Yahya Araz, "Regimental Waqfs and Janissary Funds within Local and Transprovincial Settings: The Cases of Istanbul and Vidin, 1720-1826," p.29-61.
  • Mehmet Mert Sunar, "Confiscation of Janissary Orta Funds and Property in Istanbul Following the Abolition of the Janissary Corps," p.63-90.
  • Kayhan Orbay & Ramazan Pantık, "How the Ottoman Military-Administrative Class Constituted Itself as a Local Power through Waqfs: A Study of the Early Waqf Deeds of Crete," 91-111.
    • PART TWO: PROFESSIONAL AND COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
  • Cengİz Kırlı, "Janissaries and Esnaf in Late Eighteenth-Century Istanbul," p.115-133.
  • Dimitris Papastamatiou, "Janissaries as Entrepreneurs and Civilians as Janissaries in Thessaloniki during the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century: Identity Fluidity, Economic Hierarchies, and Business Practices," p.135-169.
  • Aysel Yıldız, "Franchised Trade on the Danube: Janissary Entrepreneurs and the Licensed Merchants of Wallachia and Moldavia," p.171-212.
  • Anna Sydorenko, "Janissaries at the Crossroads: Economic and Political Dynamics in the Northern Black Sea Region (1734-1774)," p.213-241.
    • PART THREE: POLITICAL CONNECTIONS
  • Yannis Spyropoulos, "The Murder of a Frenchman by a Janissary; or, When Two Protection Regimes Collide," p.245-267.
  • H. Şükrü Ilicak, "The Prishtina Affair, 1821-1823: A Case of Janissary Intervention in Imperial Politics," p.269-304.
  • Gülay Tulasoğlu, "The Janissaries and the Katibzade Family in Izmir: Economic and Political Interactions in the Ottoman Empire (18th-Early 19th Centuries)," p.305-320.
    • PART FOUR: FAMILY, PATRONAGE, AND SEXUALITY
  • Hülya Canbakal & Aysel Yildiz, "Family Composition among the Ottoman Soldiery and Commoners (1626-1826)," p.323-364.
  • Linda T. Darling, "Janissaries and Their Fathers: A Study of Janissary Origins", p.365-383.
  • Bakİ Tezcan, "Male Same-Sex Relations and Gendered Patronage Practices in a Slave Society: Understanding the Social Context of Homoerotic Relations between Janissaries," p.385-409.
    • PART FIVE: THE JANISSARIES OF EGYPT
  • Jane Hathaway, "Janissaries in the Cairo Geniza: A Case from Damietta in 1708," p.413-430.
  • Abdulmennan M. Altintaş, "The Fellah Salih Case: An Inheritance Dispute between the Government and Egyptian Janissaries," p.431-445.

Aysel Yıldız, Yannis Spyropoulos, and M. Mert Sunar, eds, Payitaht Yeniçerileri: Padişahın “Asi” Kulları, 1700-1826 [The Janissaries of the Ottoman Capital: The Sultan’s “Rebel” Servants, 1700–1826] (Istanbul: Kitap Yayınevi, 2022).

• Contents:
  • Aysel Yıldız, Yannis Spyropoulos, and M. Mert Sunar,  "İstanbul, Taşra ve Yeniçeriler," p.13-36.
  • Yannis Spyropoulos, "Yunan Bağımsızlık Savaşı Sırasında Ele Geçirilen İki Yeniçeri Mektubunun Düşündürdükleri," p. 37-62.
  • Yahya Araz, "Kişisel Dünyalar, Aidiyetler ve Toplum: İstanbul’da Yeniçerilerin ve Ailelerinin Vasiyetleri (1750-1826)," p. 63-100.
  • Taner Öztürk, "18. Yüzyıl Ortalarında İstanbul Yeniçerileri," p. 101-132.
  • Abdulmennan Mehmet Altıntaş, "İstanbul Loncaları ve Yeniçeriler: Kayıkçı Esnafı Üzerine Bir Deneme (1677-1752)," p. 133-156
  • İrfan Kokdaş, "İstanbul Esame Piyasası Üzerine Notlar (1750-1826)," p. 157-200.
  • Aysel Yıldız, "İstanbul’un Asi Kulları: Yeniçeriler, Sipahlar ve Cebeciler," p. 201-260.
  • Mehmet Mert Sunar, "İstanbul’da Yeniçeri Ortalarının Karıştığı Sokak Çatışmaları (18. yüzyıl sonu ve 19. yüzyıl başları)," p. 261-286
  • Mehmet Savan ve Süreyya Uzun Pekşen, "Yeniçeri Şair Evreni ve Son Yeniçeri Şairlerden Galatalı Hüseyin Ağa’nın Dünyası," p. 287-392.

Yannis Spyropoulos, ed., Insights into Janissary Networks, 1700-1826, special Issue of Cihannüma: Journal of History and Geography Studies 8, no.1, (2022).

• Contents:
  • Yannis Spyropoulos. "introduction," p.1-8.
  • Yannis Spyropoulos and Aysel Yıldız, "Pseudo-Janissarism (Yeniçerilik İddiası) in the Ottoman Provinces (with Special Reference to Adana): Its Emergence and Its Geographic and Socio-Economic Aspects," p. 9-54.
  • Yahya Araz, "A General Overview of Janissary Socio-Economic Presence in Aleppo (1700-1760s)," p. 55-77.
  • Abdulmennan Mehmet Altıntaş, "Being a Comrade of the Ciddavis: The Security of the Cairo Pilgrimage Caravan and Its Economic Dimensions in the Eighteenth Century," p. 79-100
  • İrfan Kokdaş, "Janissaries and Conflicts over Rural Lands in the Vidin Region (1730-1810)," p. 101-127.
  • Anna Sydorenko, "Using the Ukrainian Archives for the Study of Janissary Networks in the Northern Black Sea: Research Perspectives and Challenges," p. 129-144.
  • Mehmet Mert Sunar, "Chasing Janissary Ghosts: Sultan Mahmud II's Paranoia about a Janissary Uprising after the Abolition of the Janissary Corps," p. 145-168.
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