Medicolegal evaluation of violence against women in the Ottoman Empire with the light of qadi registry records between the 17th and 20th centuries
Violence against women is still a widespread human rights violation and public health problem around the world. The aims of this study were to evaluate the violence against women between the 17th and 20th centuries in Ottoman Empire and discuss the findings with current literature in Turkiye and wor...
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| description | Violence against women is still a widespread human rights violation and public health problem around the world. The aims of this study were to evaluate the violence against women between the 17th and 20th centuries in Ottoman Empire and discuss the findings with current literature in Turkiye and worldwide concerning violence against women. A total of 10 volumes of qadi registry records (QRR), covering the period between the 17th and 20th centuries (1659–1921), were examined. These records, published as part of the Metropolitan Municipality Cultural Publications and prepared under the editorship of Prof. Dr. I.S., were analyzed in detail. Sections pertaining to violence against women were identified within the QRR, and relevant data regarding their content were extracted for the study. Among the 5326 qadi registry records examined, 89 cases were related to cases regarding violence against women. It was determined that 36 (40.4%) of the 89 cases were victims of physical violence, 30 (33.7%) of them were victims of sexual violence, 13 (14.6%) of them were victims of verbal violence and 10 (11.2%) of them were victims of economic violence. The data on violence against women that we found in the qadi registry records of the Ottoman Empire between the 17th and 20th centuries will contribute to understanding the historical process of this issue, in a historical process where resources and information on this subject are quite limited. [Med-Science 2025; 14(1.000): 248-60] |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7c01173fe8a7497eaf3cf7b8cc54b7ba2025-08-20T02:51:27ZengSociety of Turaz BilimMedicine Science2147-06342025-03-011412486010.5455/medscience.2025.02.041241940Medicolegal evaluation of violence against women in the Ottoman Empire with the light of qadi registry records between the 17th and 20th centuriesSelcuk Cetin0Bedirhan Sezer Oner1Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine, Tokat, Turkiye Amasya University, Faculty Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine, Amasya, TurkiyeViolence against women is still a widespread human rights violation and public health problem around the world. The aims of this study were to evaluate the violence against women between the 17th and 20th centuries in Ottoman Empire and discuss the findings with current literature in Turkiye and worldwide concerning violence against women. A total of 10 volumes of qadi registry records (QRR), covering the period between the 17th and 20th centuries (1659–1921), were examined. These records, published as part of the Metropolitan Municipality Cultural Publications and prepared under the editorship of Prof. Dr. I.S., were analyzed in detail. Sections pertaining to violence against women were identified within the QRR, and relevant data regarding their content were extracted for the study. Among the 5326 qadi registry records examined, 89 cases were related to cases regarding violence against women. It was determined that 36 (40.4%) of the 89 cases were victims of physical violence, 30 (33.7%) of them were victims of sexual violence, 13 (14.6%) of them were victims of verbal violence and 10 (11.2%) of them were victims of economic violence. The data on violence against women that we found in the qadi registry records of the Ottoman Empire between the 17th and 20th centuries will contribute to understanding the historical process of this issue, in a historical process where resources and information on this subject are quite limited. [Med-Science 2025; 14(1.000): 248-60]https://www.medicinescience.org/?mno=241940forensic medicineviolence against womengender-based violencewomenqadi registryottoman empire |
| spellingShingle | Selcuk Cetin Bedirhan Sezer Oner Medicolegal evaluation of violence against women in the Ottoman Empire with the light of qadi registry records between the 17th and 20th centuries Medicine Science forensic medicine violence against women gender-based violence women qadi registry ottoman empire |
| title | Medicolegal evaluation of violence against women in the Ottoman Empire with the light of qadi registry records between the 17th and 20th centuries |
| title_full | Medicolegal evaluation of violence against women in the Ottoman Empire with the light of qadi registry records between the 17th and 20th centuries |
| title_fullStr | Medicolegal evaluation of violence against women in the Ottoman Empire with the light of qadi registry records between the 17th and 20th centuries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Medicolegal evaluation of violence against women in the Ottoman Empire with the light of qadi registry records between the 17th and 20th centuries |
| title_short | Medicolegal evaluation of violence against women in the Ottoman Empire with the light of qadi registry records between the 17th and 20th centuries |
| title_sort | medicolegal evaluation of violence against women in the ottoman empire with the light of qadi registry records between the 17th and 20th centuries |
| topic | forensic medicine violence against women gender-based violence women qadi registry ottoman empire |
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