TAX REBELLIONS IN OTTOMAN EMPIRE

Tax is the source of income that is received from the people according to the power of payment by using the sovereignty of the state. The history of the tax is as old as the establishment of the early states. Tax has sometimes led to societal reactions and has been the main cause of the revolts in the states. Tax rebellions have been included in the history pages as social events that restrict the limits of authority of those who are in possession of the administration as well as the throne of the sultans. Thousands of people have lost their lives in the tax rebellions that took place in the Ottoman Empire. Moreover, these revolts affected the structure of the Ottoman society in the negative directio