TURKIYAT ARASTIRMALARI DERGISI-JOURNAL OF STUDIES IN TURKOLOGY, sa.34, ss.219-235, 2013 (ESCI)
Slavery is an instutions that began from Ancient times and lived to the 19th century. Islamic law didn't abolish it, but gave a more humanitairan aspect to it. Slavery in Ottoman Empire, which accepted system of Islamic law for its own law system, lived in the frame of this humanitarian view. On the other hand, letting out a slave encouraged by state nad public supported for it permanently.