@article{2013,title={DEMOGRAPHICAL FEATURES OF BIGA PROVINCE ACCORDING TO CENCUS BOOK NO 59},abstractNode={Biga peninsula is region in the northwest of Turkey surrounded with Sea of Marmara in the north, Aegean Sea in the west and Gulf of Edremit in the south. As the region is situated at the passing route from Anatolia to Europea through Dardanelles, it experienced important events in the history. Sanjak of Biga which was founded in this region was under the control of Anatolia principality in the first several eras and was the passing and rally place for Ottoman troops moving to Rumelia and Western Anatolia thanks to its geographical and strategical position In this study, detailed Census Book dated February 5th 1516 that belonged to Sultan Selim period is analysed with relation to demographical features of Biga Province. According to the book, the Biga province is consisted of central Biga, Balya and Avlonya, Çan, Ezine-Bazarı, Lapseki and Çatal-Bergos towns. The Province includes 372 villages, 44 of which are deserted and 15 ruined, and 100 smaller settlement units. Biga is constituted of 5519 sections 1077 of which in the center, 1168 in Balya and Avlonya, 432 in Çan, 1057 in Ezine-Bazancı, 1251 in Lapseki and Çatal Bergos, 1251 in Muaflar and approximately a population of 27595 live in Biga. According to the Book, there were not any non-Muslim districts the core and peripheries of Biga. However, some non-Muslim communities and settlements existed in the rural outskirts. The overall non-Muslim population of the Province is considered to be around %1.5-2. Some Turkish nomadic communities were also detected living in the central regions and rural outskirts that had},author={Recep DÜNDAR},year={2013},journal={The Journal of Academic Social Science Studies}}