İDARE-i AZİZİYE

Aykurt Ç.

4.BİLSEL INTERNATIONAL MIDAS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CONGRESS 27-28 June 2026, Eskişehir, Turkey, 27 - 28 June 2026, pp.683-684, (Summary Text)

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Summary Text
  • City: Eskişehir
  • Country: Turkey
  • Page Numbers: pp.683-684
  • Yozgat Bozok University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

İDARE-İ AZİZİYE

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çetin AYKURT


Yozgat Bozok University/Faculty of Science and Humanities/ Department of History.


dr.cetinaykurt@gmail.com ORCID:0000-0001-5467-8659


Abstract

İdare-i Aziziye was the name of a passenger and freight transport company in the Ottoman Empire. Abdulaziz

took a keen interest in maritime transport; the Fevaid-i Osmaniye Administration, which had been operating

passenger and freight transport services since 1862, was renamed İdare-i Aziziye in June 1871. Abdülaziz

intended to transform this enterprise into a major company by increasing its capital.

Until the company was established, the İdare-i Aziziye was attached to the Ministry of the Navy for a time. As

the company was never actually established, Bogos Efendi—who was at that time a member of the Council of

State and had previously served at the Administration of the Imperial Treasury Steamships—was appointed to

head the İdare-i Aziziye. When Bogos Efendi died in 1872, Yuvan Avramidis was appointed to head the

enterprise. During Yuvan Avramidis’s tenure, new steamships were purchased and the number of steamship

services to Haydarpaşa, Kadıköy and the Princes’ Islands in Istanbul was increased. The İdare-i Aziziye also

operated steamship services on routes such as Trabzon, Crete and Tripoli.

The name ‘İdare-i Aziziye’ was changed to ‘İdare-i Mahsusa’ in 1878. Seventy-nine steamships were transferred

from the İdare-i Aziziye company to the İdare-i Mahsusa. In 1888, Hasan Hüseyin of Bozcaada, the Minister of

the Navy, was appointed Director-General of the İdare-i Mahsusa. This period was extremely adverse.

Steamships that broke down were left to rot rather than being serviced or repaired. Many steamship routes were

cancelled. By the time the Second Constitutional Monarchy was proclaimed in 1908, the company had only 16

steamships remaining.

On 3 November 1909, the İdare-i Mahsusa was sold to a British company. However, following a dispute with

the British company some time later, the contract was terminated. The name of the organisation was changed to

the Ottoman Seyr-i Safain Administration.

Keywords: İdare-i Aziziye, Fevaid-i Osmaniye, Abdülaziz.