Yurtluk-Ocaklık

Yurtluk-Ocaklık is an administrative statute in the Ottoman State based on the continuity of the use of certain flags (bervech-i te'bîd) to local nobles in return for service and obedience during the conquest; in the term divan of the period such conventions were called "yurtluk and ocaklık" and the nobles and rulers of Kurdistan were counted among this tribe (Volume 3, p. 19). This statute is one of the key concepts of Kurdish history in terms of the legal framework for the autonomous status of Kurdistan monarchies within the Ottoman order (Volume 3, p. 49; Volume 4, p. 19). It is one of the records that reflects in the Russian books about this situation that the passing of the Hınıs flag on the death of Khalil Bey is one among the records reflecting on this situation (Volume 3, p. 49). In the order of appointment of Mr. Kubad, who was appointed as the flag bearer of Imadiye, the Imadiya government's "kadîmü'l-eyyam ... It was stated that the jurisdiction and the court of their fathers and grandfathers would be preserved as the judges of Kurdistan were responsible for generations; thus it was recorded that the Kurdish lords ruled their places with the status of jurisdiction for centuries and the duties and responsibilities of the flagbearer were detailed (Volume 3, p. 50). It is also seen that this privilege granted to the Kurdish gentlemen during the reign of Yavuz Sultan Selim was occasionally the subject of debate in later periods (Volume 3, p. 50). In the 1718 wish of Mahmud Pasha, who was appointed to the position of Bayezid flag, it was stated that the flag of Bayozid was damaged by the handover of the flag to someone else while it was being saved "from the very beginning to the homeland and the homestead"; such documents show how the right of homesteading was defended by the noble families (Volumes 3, p . 51). In 1045/1635, a judgment was given to Shaban Bey of the Dunbüli tribe, which stated that places such as Chaldran and Sökmenabad were saved as yurt-occulty, that these places were saved by his ancestor and that Shaban bey helped Humayun the Army in the conquest of Revan (Volume 3, p. 49). It is recorded that the Ottoman monarchs attempted to ensure the loyalty of the Kurdish princes as a means of settlement policy through the policy of "stimulation" (consent-based persuasion) rather than through forced military force (Volume 4, p. 19). In the sources, the Izzi Tımar handbook contains significant information about the Kurdish gentry's administrative structure, the yurt-society and the government flag system; however, it is stated that these records were almost never used (Volume 3, p. 28). Records in the background of the invasion show that the flags, nahiye and villages of Diyarbekir, Mardin, Ruha and others of Kurdistan were tamar and zeam adhered to, shedding light on the place of the Kurdish people in the Ottoman economy and land conservation system (Volume 3, p. 45).