@article{2017,title={Port of Antalya in South-North Slave Trading},abstractNode={Port of Antalya in South-North Slave Trading Antalya port was an important gateway to Anatolia's Mediterranean and World Trade network in the past. The port served as a central junction in the south-north slave trade and commodity trade. It cannot be denied that this trade contributed to Antalya in becoming an important port city in the Mediterranean. The port became a frequent place for Mediterranean merchants during the Byzantine, Selçuklu and Ottoman periods. It was the gateway to the Indian and Arabian goods. It can be said that the “pençik” image taken from the slaves had an important share among the income obtained from the port of Antalya during the Ottoman period. The port was important in slave trade traffic. Although the port lost business in the 17th Century with the change of the way of Indian spice trading, it carried on to bring slaves from Africa. Black slaves are found in the 19th century Antalya sherist registers. With the Ottoman large landowners and households, it can be concluded that slave labour was still needed for agricultural activities in Western Anatolia. In this respect, of the Prime Ministry Ottoman archives, "Finance Circular", "Head Accounting Book" and "Kamil Kepeçi" regimentations were used as the primary source supported by the literature. This study aims to analyze the change, transition and development of Antalya and its port within the frame of historical period. The history of Antalya has been put forward by dividing it into before Turks, Selcuklu and Ottoman periods. In this context, the trade and trade of slave have been studied. Firstly, the role of Antalya in north trade, then its role in the south trade and its position in the silk and spice roads have been handled and slave trade has been explained. Moreover, it has been found out that custom taxes gained from slave trade, the “mukataa” of Antalya port and “iltizams” have been identified.},author={Zübeyde GÜNEŞ YAĞCI-- Mustafa AKKAYA},year={2017},journal={Journal of Turkish Studies}}