Data Model

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Like all databases, Ottgaz depends on a data model. Historians and Ottomanists might be tempted to consider this data model a theory about the spatial administrative structure of the Ottoman empire. Crucially, however, a data model is not meant to describe reality per se; instead, it is meant to organize information for recording, querying, and analysis. Therefore, this data model is a tool, not a conclusion.

Seats and regions

There are two major kinds of spaces in the Ottgaz data model: seats and regions. A seat is the administrative center of a region. A region is a larger area with a seat as its administrative center.

Seats (typically cities, towns, or villages) are one-dimensional points with a lat/long geolocation. They are instances of administrative center (Q287). There are more specific subclasses of administrative center, such as administrative center (Ottoman) (Q6421).

Regions (typically provinces, subprovinces, and districts) are two-dimensional spaces, but they have no specified boundaries or limits in the Ottgaz data model. Instead, they are conceived as the larger space surrounding a geolocated seat. They are instances of administrative territorial entity (Q6420). There are more specific subclasses of administrative territorial entity, such as administrative territorial entity of the Ottoman empire (Q1) and administrative territorial entity of Turkey (Q6419).

The terms "seat (merkez)" and "region (bölge)" do not correspond to commonly-used categories in Ottoman historical sources, and were chosen for that reason.

Hierarchy

Larger regions, such as provinces (vilayets), contain smaller regions, such as subprovinces (sancaks).

Exceptions and limitations

In theory, every seat has a region and every region has a seat. In practice, this is not always the case.

Structure

Insofar as possible, I am replicating wikidata's items and properties. My model is the JSTOR Labs Wikibase.

Regions

Ottgaz describes regions using the following subclasses of administrative territorial entity (Q6420):

Caption text
State level Major subclasses Count Minor subclasses Count
administrative territorial entity of the Ottoman Empire (Q1) vilayet (Q5)/ eyalet (Q496) 345 müstakil sancak 48
sancak (Q4) 1744
kaza (Q3) 7885
nahiye (Q2) 5413
administrative territorial entity of Turkey (Q6419) province of Turkey (Q6240) 116 yeni nâhiye (Turkey) 77
ilçe (Turkey) (Q6223) 1105 yeni belediye (Turkey) 45
bucak (Turkey) (Q6222) 1640 belediye (Republic of Turkey) 24
village (Turkey) (Q6226) 967
Other region eyâlet (other state) 57
sancak (other state) 43
kazâ (Greece) 49 kazâ (other state) 70
nâhiye (other state) 45 nâhiye (Greece) 32
köy (Greece) 28 sancak (Greece) 21

Settlements

Seats

Ottgaz describes regional seats (or capitals) using the following subclasses of administrative centre (Q287):

Caption text
State level Major subclasses Count
administrative center (Ottoman) (Q6421) provincial seat (Q498) 105
subprovincial seat (Q505) 200
district seat (Q6228) 193
subdistrict seat (Q6227) 76
sancak merkezi (Müstakil Sancak) 9
Turkey provincial seat (Turkey) (Q6241) 18
ilçe seat (Turkey) (Q6236) 133
bucak seat (Turkey) (Q6238) 177
Other region kazâ merkezi (Greece) 16

Other settlements

Subclasses of human settlement (Q497).

Other settlements
Turkish English Count
kasaba (Q6225) town (Q6225) 388
başkent capital 52
şehir city 56
kent city 62
kale fortress 31
antik şehir 14
semt 16
hanlık 12
krallık 9

other Sezen

Sezen uses other categories, in smaller numbers. I will slowly integrate these.

Other Sezen labels
status count
bölge 30
ada (Greece) 23
eyâlet merkezi (other state) 26
köy 21
köy (other state) 17
vilâyet (other state) 13
kasaba (Republic of Turkey) 10
liman şehri (other state) 9
yeniden nâhiye 9
ada 8
eyâlet merkezi (Greece) 8
mahalle 8
vilâyet merkezi (other state) 8
yeni kazâ 8
yeniden nâhiye (Republic of Turkey) 8
ada (other state) 7
antik şehir (other state) 7
bucak (Republic of Turkey) 7
devlet (other state) 7
kasaba (Greece) 7
antik kasaba 6
emaret 6
eyâlet (Greece) 6
kasaba (İskele) 6
kazâ merkezi (other state) 6
sancak merkezi (other state) 6
ülke 6
voyvodalık merkezi 6
devlet 5
eyâlet (Kontluk) 5
ilçe (Republic of Turkey) 5
vilâyet (Greece) 5
vilâyet merkezi (Greece) 5
yeniden kazâ 5
beylik merkezi 4
Kale, Nâhiye 4
muhtar idare 4
Takımada 4
Başşehir 3
Belde 3
Emaret Merkezi 3
kale (other state) 3
Kale ve Kasaba 3
Liman şehri 3
Müdüriyet 3
sancak (Republic of Turkey) 3
Başkent (Greece) 2
Başkent, vilâyet 2
Boğaz 2
Eyâlet, Hanlık 2
Geçit 2
Hidivlik 2
İki köy 2
Kale ve Köy 2
Mahalle (Greece) 2
Mezraa 2
Müstakil İdare 2
Özerk Beylik 2
Özerk Cumhuriyeti 2
Prenslik 2
Şehir ve Bölge 2
Tekrar Nâhiye 2
Yönetim bölgesi 2
Yönetim Merkezi 2
Yönetim Merkezi (other state) 2
Ada (Çanakkale girişinde) 1
Ada (Cezâyir-Seb’adan) 1
Ada (Nâhiye) 1
Ada ve Kasaba 1
Antik belde 1
Antik kent 1
Antik şehir (Greece) 1
Bağımsızlık 1
Başkent (Republic of Turkey) 1
Belde, Nâhiye 1
Bir Köy 1
Bölge ve Devlet 1
Bucak Merkezi 1
Dalmaçya 1
Doğal liman (köy) 1
Dukalık 1
Emirlik 1
Eyâlet Dengi 1
Federasyon 1
Geçit (other state) 1
Hilâfet Merkezi 1
Hüyük 1
İdari bölge 1
İki Ülke 1
Irk ve Bölge 1
İslâmiyet Merkezi 1
İst. Belediyesi 1
İtibari eyâlet 1
Kale (iki adet) 1
kasaba (kale) 1
Kasaba ve Bölge 1
Kasaba ve tarihi şehir 1
kazâ (Ada) 1
kazâ (Dağ) 1
Kazâ Silifke 1
Kent (Liman) 1
Kırım oblaştı (other state) 1
köy (Ayyıldız) 1
köy (Durusu köyü) 1
köy (Esbiyalu) 1
köy (Gümrük kapısı) 1
köy (iki adet) 1
köy (İluh Köyü) 1
köy (Kayköyü) 1
köy (Mersin köyü) 1
köy (Tarihi bir köy) 1
Köy iken 1
Köy ve Göl 1
Köyler grubu 1
Küçük Takımada 1
Liman kenti 1
Liva 1
Mahal 1
Mahal (Nâhiye) 1
Mahalle (Bembo) 1
Mahalle, Semt 1
Merkez Kenti 1
Mevki 1
Müdiriyet 1
Muhâfızlık 1
Muhasıllık 1
Muhtar bölge 1
Muhtariyet 1
Müşirlik 1
nâhiye (Ada) 1
nâhiye (Kabîle) 1
Nâhiyelik’ten düşmüş Köy 1
Niyabet 1
Nomos M. 1
Oniki ada 1
Oniki ada (Greece) 1
Ova 1
Özerk Bölge 1
Özerklik 1
sancak merkezi (Greece) 1
Sancak Merkezi İd. 1
Sancak Müstakil İd. 1
Şehir (Greece) 1
Şehir (Semt) 1
Tarihi Kasaba ve Kazâ Merkezi 1
Tarihi Şehir 1
Tebriz 1
Tekrar Belediye 1
Üç Belde 1
Üç Nâhiye 1
Üçköy 1
Vaha 1
valilik 1
Vilâyet-i Sırkıntı-i Zîr 1
Yeni Belediye 1
Yeni Kazâ Merkezi 1
Yeni Nâhiye Merkezi 1
Yeniden vilâyet 1
Yönetim Müstakil 1