Summary: There were many forms and ways through which information was transmitted inside the Ottoman Empire as a whole and specifically throughout the Balkans. In this paper we concentrate our attention on only two of the existing modes of transmission of information, namely the pilgrim and commercial activities in which the Ottoman subjects were engaged. The study outlines oral and written ways of transmitting information within the framework of pilgrim activity, judicial institutions and through the book trade. In addition, the author emphasizes that the studied case studies and analyzed models are only a part of the rich variety of channels and ways of exchanging news, knowledge and ideas. The need to exchange information made people seek and use every opportunity to receive and transmit regardless of the level of the communication system and infrastructure of the Empire.
Keywords: pilgrims, traders, judicial institutions, Balkans, Ottoman Empire
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