OTTOMAN PRISON STAFF: THE CASE OF EDIRNE PROVINCE

Abstract

The subject of this article is to examine the prison staff and especially prison guards of the Edirne province by taking the Ottoman prison staff into consideration. The article attempts to emphasize the importance of the need of professional staff for a successful institutionalization in addition to required finance. To do this, it analyzes the Ottoman prison staff by taking the Edirne province as a case. In this respect, it argues that in order to establish a successful institution, making regulations pertaining to staff must be given priority in addition to supplying required finance.