XVII. YÜZYILIN ORTALARINA DOĞRU KELKİD KAZASI

Kelkid is located on intersection point of roads connecting the Black Sea to the Eastern Anatolia. Having come under domination of The Ottoman Empire after the Battle of Chaldiran (1514), Kelkid, was included into sanjak of Bayburt in the status of borough and subsequently township. After Erzurum Province (Beylerbeylik) was founded, Kelkid was among townships constituting the pasha sanjak of this province. This study mentions falling of Kelkid under domination of The Ottoman Empire, its administrative organization and information of the township in the "avârız defteri" (register) prepared especially in 1642. Such information would contribute to social and economic history of township of Kelkid.