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'''Reliability:''' Good, though the information may be incomplete.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Turkey,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1998.</ref> | '''Reliability:''' Good, though the information may be incomplete.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Turkey,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1998.</ref> | ||
===How to Find the Records=== | ===How to Find the Records=== | ||
*''[[Türkiye_Census#Online_Resources|See list of resources above.]] | *''[[Türkiye_Census#Online_Resources|See list of resources above.]] | ||
===Historical Background=== | ===Historical Background=== | ||
The earliest census reports from Turkey date from 1831. It consisted of the registration of the male population of each district (kaza) by a committee and recorded few names. Thereafter, annual updates of population figures were obtained by cumulatively adding births and subtracting deaths as these were registered in each district. It appears that these records generally count number of households or even of persons, but they recorded few names. This early system of population registration functioned fairly regularly until the 1850s after which the system began to deteriorate and break down. <br> | The earliest census reports from Turkey date from 1831. It consisted of the registration of the male population of each district (kaza) by a committee and recorded few names. Thereafter, annual updates of population figures were obtained by cumulatively adding births and subtracting deaths as these were registered in each district. It appears that these records generally count number of households or even of persons, but they recorded few names. This early system of population registration functioned fairly regularly until the 1850s after which the system began to deteriorate and break down. <br> | ||
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