@article{2020,title={ According to the 1914 Vilayet Report of Kastamonu Governor Mehmet Reşid Pasha, Taşköprü, İnebolu, Araç and Devrekâni Town},abstractNode={Mehmet Reşid Pasha, who was one of the last governors of the Ottoman State, served as the governor of Kastamonu between May 14, 1913 and August 25, 1915. Reşid Pasha was appointed as the governor of Kastamonu for the second time in 1919. In the 1864’s and 1871 Regulations, the Ottoman governors were obliged to patrol and inspect the province, provided that it did not exceed three months once or twice a year. The governors would report in detail the actions taken on these trips and the general situation of the towns to the center. Mehmet Reşid Pasha also went on an inspection trips in his first governorship, which lasted for two years and three months, and made investigations in towns. The first is a very comprehensive inspection trip that lasted about a month in September 1913 and included Daday, Araç, Devrekani, Safranbolu, Çerkeş, Çankırı, Tosya, Taşköprü, Boyabat and Sinop towns. The second inspection trip, which is the subject of this study, is the second inspection trip that lasted from June 15 to July 15 of 1914. In these trips, Reşid Pasha made researches in areas such as administrative activities, municipal services, education, prison, agriculture, industrial, transportation, health and trade, as well as public works and zoning. He sent his observations to the Istanbul government as a report. In this study, based on the report prepared by Mehmet Reşid Pasha, his impressions on Inebolu, Taşköprü, Araç and Devrekâni accidents were evaluated.},author={Tahir BİLİRLİ},year={2020},journal={Turkish Studies - Historical Analysis}}