Money Became Stamp

The use of paper money (kaime) in the Ottoman Empire is a remarkable experience in the long modernization process of the empire. In a "market" where capitalism does not develop with its own "possibilities", it is inevitable that paper money will turn into a tool for the state to finance its current expenses. In Money Became Stamp: Paper Money, Finance and Society in the Ottoman Empire, Ali Akyıldız examines the history of the money issued by the state to meet its own needs during periods of financial crisis, and examines the society's relationship with paper money, its distrust towards it, and the mechanisms of protecting itself from money, and the use of paper money for the state. It presents the problems it creates as the product of a long and arduous archive work. From the saying "money has become money" to the penalties that restrict counterfeiters from doing their job perfectly and the documents showing these; This study, which draws attention to the point of identity between the state that printed paper money and the state that collected "compulsory aid" from the public to collect them when it could not cope with the counterfeit money and the problems created by paper money, also aims to understand how the relationship between the Ottoman Empire and capitalism transformed between the state and the market. It presents us with a very lively and colorful picture.



Number of Pages: 496

Year of Printing: 2003


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Iletisim Publishing

Number of Pages: 496

First Print Year: 2003

Language Turkish