Town of Uşak (According to the Avariz Defteri of 1676)

Today, Uşak is a city center located in the Aegean Region. It fell under the domination of the Turks during the 11^th century, and constantly changed hands between the Byzantine and Seljuks. For a long time, the Germiyanoğulları dominated Uşak and its surrounding districts. During the 2^nd Murad period, due to the will of Germiyanoğlu 2^nd Yakub bey it fell under the domination of the Ottoman Empire (1429). It took over the status of a town, which was connected to the sanjak of Kütahya, an Anatolian state; it preserved this characteristic. The extraordinary tax for the flag of Kütahya was written in 1676. The state of the town of Uşak, of the Kütahya sanjak, was addressed in this study. The city of Uşak and the population of its surrounding towns were assessed. There were nine neighborhoods in the city center of Uşak at the date in question. The recorded number of households in these neighborhoods was 455; 383 “nefer” and 72 “askerî”. The recorded number of households in the villages of the town was 2333; 2269 “nefer” and 64 “askerî”.