Behind the fountains that kept flowing for centuries in Ottoman towns lay a durable financing model.
A joint study by Prof. Dr. Cem Korkut, Head of our Department, and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Tuğrul draws on 165 endowment records to show how cash waqfs sustained water services in Rumelia. Their main role was less about building new fountains than about keeping maintenance and repair going over time.
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