FACT CHECK · LAND & HISTORY
Claim: Ottoman farmers avoided owning land
TRUETHE ANSWER
True. Under the 1858 Ottoman Land Code, villagers avoided registering land to dodge taxes and army service, so much of it was registered to city landlords. They later sold it, some to Jewish buyers.
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- “Ottoman land code”
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