Ottoman 1911 Tax Receipt for Road Tax Payment Çatalca İstanbul Empire
Ottoman Road Tax Receipt – İzzeddin Village, Çatalca Sanjak (1911)
Description:
This Ottoman Turkish document is an official tax receipt titled "Doğrudan Doğruya Alınan Tekâlife Mahsus Makbuz İlmühaberidir" ("Receipt for Direct Taxes Collected"), dated 4 Ağustos 1327 (17 August 1911). It records the payment of the Ottoman road tax (yol vergisi) by a resident of İzzeddin Village in the Çatalca Sanjak.
According to the receipt, Mehmed bin Hacı Ali, a resident of İzzeddin Village, paid a total of 20 kuruş as road tax. The document provides a simple but valuable record of the direct taxation imposed on the Ottoman population and illustrates the fiscal obligations of ordinary residents in the late Ottoman period.
The yol vergisi was a direct tax associated with the financing and maintenance of public roads and transportation infrastructure. Documents such as this provide insight into the practical operation of Ottoman provincial taxation and the financial relationship between local inhabitants and the state.
The document is also of local historical interest, preserving the name of an ordinary resident of İzzeddin Village and documenting the administrative organization of the Çatalca Sanjak shortly before the First Balkan War. Such individual tax receipts are valuable primary sources for understanding everyday life, taxation, and provincial administration in the late Ottoman Empire.
Bearing its original official seal, this receipt is an attractive example of Ottoman fiscal administration and everyday bureaucratic documentation.
For collectors and researchers, this is a valuable historical document connecting Ottoman taxation, provincial administration, road infrastructure, and the everyday financial obligations of the Ottoman population.
Key Features:
• Type: Ottoman direct tax receipt
• Title: Doğrudan Doğruya Alınan Tekâlife Mahsus Makbuz İlmühaberidir
• Date: 4 Ağustos 1327 (17 August 1911)
• Location: İzzeddin Village, Çatalca Sanjak
• Taxpayer: Mehmed bin Hacı Ali
• Tax Type: Yol vergisi (road tax)
• Amount Paid: 20 kuruş
• Historical Context: Documents the direct taxation of Ottoman residents and the collection of road tax during the final years of the Ottoman Empire
• Physical Features: Original official seal
• Collectible Significance: Valuable for collectors of Ottoman fiscal documents, taxation records, Çatalca history, and late Ottoman provincial administrative ephemera.