\u015eehre ad\u0131n\u0131 veren, en fazla geliri getiren, bir\u00e7ok yabanc\u0131 \u00fclkeye ithal edilen yerli afyondu.
\nAfyon, bir ay kadar ya\u015fayan, ya\u011fl\u0131l\u0131k oran\u0131 % 48-50 olan ve \u00e7ok k\u00fc\u00e7\u00fck tohumlar\u0131yla may\u0131\u015ft\u0131ran ha\u015fha\u015ftan (P. soinni ferum) elde ediliyordu. Ya\u011f\u0131, sa\u011fl\u0131k ve teknik anlamda gerekli \u00f6nemde olup, tohumlar\u0131 tatl\u0131 \u00e7e\u015fitlerinin haz\u0131rlanmas\u0131nda kullan\u0131l\u0131yordu. Afyon, ha\u015fha\u015f hen\u00fcz ham haldeyken meyvesi \u00fczerine b\u0131\u00e7akla kesilerek a\u00e7\u0131lan k\u0131s\u0131mlardan ak\u0131t\u0131lan s\u00fct benzeri maddenin kurutulmas\u0131ndan elde ediliyordu. \u0130\u00e7inde yakla\u015f\u0131k % 20 alkaloid, % 10 morfin, % 4,5 kodein, % 1 babaverin, % 6 narkotin gibi kimyasal maddeler vard\u0131. Afyondan haz\u0131rlanan melhemlerin hi\u00e7 ho\u015f olmayan bir kokusu ve \u00e7ok da k\u00f6t\u00fc tad\u0131 vard\u0131. Genellikle ishale, kar\u0131n a\u011fr\u0131lar\u0131na, uygunsuz kas hareketlerinden ileri gelen incinme, burkulma ac\u0131 ve s\u0131z\u0131lar\u0131n\u0131n dindirilmesi (peristalti ve sfinkterler) amac\u0131yla kullan\u0131l\u0131rd\u0131.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
\u015eehrin yak\u0131n\u0131nda bulunan Banaz\u2019da \u00e7ok kaliteli mermer ta\u015f\u0131 \u00e7\u0131kar\u0131l\u0131yor ve b\u00fcy\u00fck oranda \u0130zmir\u2019e yollan\u0131yordu. Mermer ta\u015f i\u015finin b\u00fcy\u00fck ortaklar\u0131ndan I\u015f\u0131lyan, ayn\u0131 zamanda b\u00fcy\u00fck bir t\u00fcccard\u0131.<\/p>\n
Afyonkarahisar\u2019da ticaretle u\u011fra\u015fanlar hi\u00e7 de az de\u011fillerdi. Burada ticaret itibarl\u0131 bir u\u011fra\u015f\u0131 alan\u0131yd\u0131 ve h\u00fck\u00fcmet \u00e7evrelerince de \u00f6zendiriliyordu. Ellerinde b\u00fcy\u00fck \u00e7apta maddiyat birikimi olan zengin t\u00fcccarlar devlet memurlar\u0131na faizle para veriyorlard\u0131.<\/p>\n
B\u00fcy\u00fck t\u00fcccarlar\u0131n sadece Konstantinopolis, \u0130zmir ve T\u00fcrkiye\u2019nin de\u011fi\u015fik \u015fehirlerinden de\u011fil, \u0130ngiltere, Fransa, Almanya, Hollanda, \u0130talya, hatta \u00c7in ve Japonya\u2019dan da mallar getirdikleri oluyordu.<\/p>\n
T\u00fcrkiye\u2019nin do\u011fu vilayetlerine nazaran Afyonkarahisar\u2019da ticaretin geli\u015fmesi i\u00e7in geni\u015f olanaklar bulunmaktayd\u0131. \u00dclkenin d\u00f6rt bir yan\u0131na ula\u015fan demir ve karayollar\u0131, b\u00fcy\u00fck \u015fehirlerle s\u0131k ili\u015fkiler, denize \u00e7\u0131k\u0131\u015f kolayl\u0131klar\u0131, servis olanaklar\u0131 i\u00e7in gerekli alan\u0131n geni\u015fli\u011fi, yollar\u0131n g\u00f6receli daha g\u00fcvenlikli olu\u015fu vs. gibi etkenler, ticaretin h\u0131zla ve \u00e7abuk geli\u015fmesini sa\u011flam\u0131\u015flard\u0131. Ticaret burada do\u011fu illerinden bir\u00e7o\u011funda oldu\u011fu gibi sezonluk \u00f6zellikte de\u011fildi, d\u00fckk\u00e2nlar hemen t\u00fcm sene boyunca a\u00e7\u0131k olup, enva-i t\u00fcrde mallar satmaktayd\u0131lar. D\u00fckk\u00e2nlar mallarla doluydu, onlardan her birinin b\u00fcy\u00fck\u00e7e depolar\u0131 ve o depolarda bu\u011fday, tiftik , ha\u015fha\u015f ve afyonun en kaliteli \u00e7e\u015fidinden hammaddeleri de bulunmaktayd\u0131.<\/p>\n
\u015eehrin zengin t\u00fcccarlar\u0131n\u0131n nam\u0131 ba\u015fkent ve \u00fclkenin de\u011fi\u015fik \u015fehirlerinde pek yayg\u0131nd\u0131.
\nZanaatlarla ticaretin geli\u015fmi\u015f oldu\u011funun g\u00f6stergelerinden biri de Afyonlular\u0131n gurbete \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmaya gitmemeleriydi. \u00c7al\u0131\u015fma olanaklar\u0131n\u0131n bollu\u011fu ve ge\u00e7imlerini sa\u011flama gibi bir problemleri olmad\u0131\u011f\u0131ndan, i\u015f bulup, \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmak i\u00e7in uzak yerlere gitme ihtiya\u00e7lar\u0131 da olmam\u0131\u015ft\u0131r. Aksine ba\u015fka \u015fehir ve b\u00f6lgelerden buraya \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmaya gelenler olmu\u015ftur. I\u015f\u0131lyan\u2019lar, \u0130branosyan\u2019lar, Nersesyan\u2019lar, Andonyan\u2019lar, Zarafyan\u2019lar, Markaryan\u2019lar, Arevyan\u2019lar,\u00a0\u00a0 Gudiyan\u2019lar,\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Varbetyan\u2019lar, M\u0131zrakyan\u2019lar, Avakyan\u2019lar, Altunyan\u2019lar, Harutyun Palanc\u0131yan ve di\u011ferleri \u015fehrin en tan\u0131nan t\u00fcccarlar\u0131ndand\u0131. XIX. y\u00fczy\u0131l\u0131n sonunda burada be\u015f banka ve iki b\u00fcy\u00fck ma\u011faza bulunmaktayd\u0131.<\/p>\n
Zanaat dallar\u0131nda oldu\u011fu gibi ticaret dallar\u0131nda da varisi bir u\u011fra\u015f\u0131, bir gelenekten s\u00f6zedilebilirdi. O\u011fullar babalar\u0131n\u0131n i\u015fini devral\u0131yor, devaml\u0131l\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 sa\u011fl\u0131yor ve tabii daha da zenginle\u015ftirerek, geli\u015ftiriyorlard\u0131, ancak i\u015fi iflasa vard\u0131rma durumlar\u0131 da yok say\u0131lmazd\u0131. Perezak (seyyar sat\u0131c\u0131) veya \u00e7er\u00e7i diye adland\u0131r\u0131lan perakendeci i\u015fportac\u0131lar da vard\u0131. Onlar mallar\u0131 omuzlar\u0131na alarak veya kat\u0131r ya da atlara y\u00fckleyerek \u015fehre yak\u0131n b\u00f6lgelerin yerle\u015fim yerlerindeki k\u00f6y ve kasabalarda sat\u0131\u015f yap\u0131yorlard\u0131.<\/p>\n
Al\u0131\u015f-veri\u015f yap\u0131l\u0131rken pazarl\u0131k etmek usulden bir al\u0131\u015fkanl\u0131kt\u0131, fakat paran\u0131n \u00fcst\u00fcn\u00fc vermemek ya da eksik vermek gibi bir\u015fey imk\u00e2ns\u0131zd\u0131. Kervan sahibi, kahvehane i\u015fleten, manav vs. al\u0131\u015fveri\u015f miktar\u0131n\u0131n \u00fcst\u00fcn\u00fc son kuru\u015funa kadar sahibine geri verir ve mutlaka te\u015fekk\u00fcr ederdi.
\n\u00c7ar\u015f\u0131da, yiyecek sat\u0131\u015f\u0131 i\u00e7in \u00f6zel olarak yap\u0131lan, \u00fczeri \u00f6rt\u00fcl\u00fc d\u00fckk\u00e2nlar s\u0131ra s\u0131ra diziliydi. Onlar\u0131n hemen yak\u0131n\u0131nda da tah\u0131l, hayvan, y\u00fcn, tiftik, orman mam\u00fclleri, odun, k\u00f6m\u00fcr, vs. gibi mallar\u0131n sat\u0131ld\u0131\u011f\u0131 \u00fcst\u00fc a\u00e7\u0131k yerler vard\u0131. Hanlarla, hayvanlar\u0131n kalma yerleri tam da burada bulunmaktayd\u0131.<\/p>\n
\u00c7ar\u015f\u0131da \u00e7ok aktif bir ko\u015fu\u015fturma, ses ve g\u00fcr\u00fclt\u00fc vard\u0131, \u00e7oklar\u0131 al\u0131\u015f-veri\u015fi ayak \u00fcst\u00fcnde yapmaktayd\u0131. Meyve ve sebze sat\u0131c\u0131lar\u0131, mallar\u0131n\u0131 omuzlayarak veya atlara y\u00fckleyerek \u015fehrin sokaklar\u0131nda y\u00fcksek sesle ba\u011f\u0131rarak veya \u015fark\u0131lar, t\u00fcrk\u00fcler s\u00f6yleyerekten sat\u0131yorlard\u0131.
\n\u015eehirde para de\u011fi\u015ftiren sarraflar vard\u0131 ve t\u00fcm para de\u011fi\u015fimini onlar yapmaktayd\u0131lar.
\n\u00c7ar\u015f\u0131 yolundaki merkezi sokakla, ba\u015fka \u00f6nemli sokaklar geceleri d\u00fckk\u00e2n veya uygun olan di\u011fer binalar\u0131n cephelerine yerle\u015ftirilmi\u015f, gazya\u011f\u0131yla \u00e7al\u0131\u015fan lambalarla ayd\u0131nlat\u0131l\u0131yordu.<\/p>\n
\u015eehrin en merkezi yerinde iki b\u00fcy\u00fck ma\u011faza bulunuyordu, burada pahal\u0131 kuma\u015flar, elbiseler, ayakkab\u0131lar, de\u011ferli ta\u015flar, alt\u0131n e\u015fyalar, m\u00fccevherat, diki\u015f makinalar\u0131, silahlar, kitaplar, \u015f\u0131k e\u015fyalar, tek kelimeyle de\u011fi\u015fik t\u00fcrde mallar sat\u0131lmaktayd\u0131. Ma\u011fazalardan birisi b\u00fcy\u00fck Ermeni t\u00fcccar\u0131 \u0130branosyan\u2019a aitti.<\/p>\n
1890\u2019l\u0131 y\u0131llarda \u015fehirde alt\u0131 otel bulunmaktayd\u0131.<\/p>\n
Birinci D\u00fcnya Sava\u015f\u0131 \u00f6ncesinde Afyonkarahisar, \u00f6nemli bir demiryolu kav\u015fa\u011f\u0131, bir d\u00fc\u011f\u00fcm merkezine d\u00f6n\u00fc\u015fm\u00fc\u015ft\u00fc, o yollardan biri ba\u015fkent Konstantinopolis\u2019e, di\u011feri \u0130zmir\u2019e, \u00fc\u00e7\u00fcnc\u00fcs\u00fc Konya\u2019ya, d\u00f6rd\u00fcnc\u00fcs\u00fc Ayd\u0131n\u2019a gidiyordu. \u015eehirde iki adet tren istasyonu vard\u0131, bunlardan birisi \u0130stanbul \u0130skelesi (Konstantinopolis \u0130stasyonu), di\u011feri ise \u0130zmir \u0130skelesi (Zm\u00fcrnia \u0130stasyonu) olarak adland\u0131r\u0131l\u0131yordu. D\u00fc\u015f\u00fcn\u00fcn, t\u00fcm \u00fclkede Konstantinopolis d\u0131\u015f\u0131nda Afyonkarahisar\u2019dan ba\u015fka iki adet istasyonu olan hi\u00e7 bir \u015fehir bulunmuyordu. Demiryollar\u0131, farkl\u0131 hammaddeler ve g\u0131da maddelerinin ihrac\u0131yla, yabanc\u0131 \u00fclkelerden i\u00e7 pazara getirtilen t\u00fcm mallar\u0131n ithalini kolayla\u015ft\u0131rmaktayd\u0131lar.<\/p>\n
Kaynak: XV.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Y\u00fczy\u0131ldan 1915\u2019e G\u00fcn\u00fcm\u00fcz T\u00fcrkiye\u2019sinde Ermenilerin Ticari-Ekonomik Faaliyeti Toplu belgeler, derleyen: Kha\u00e7adur Dadayan, \u00abGasprint\u00bb Yay\u0131nc\u0131l\u0131k, Yerevan, 2012<\/i><\/p>\n