Greasing the wheels: the Berlin-Baghdad railway and Ottoman oil, 1888?1907

dc.contributor.authorEdiger, Volkan S.
dc.contributor.authorBowlus, John V.
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-13T09:42:20Z
dc.date.available2020-12-13T09:42:20Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.departmentFakülteler, Mühendislik ve Doğa Bilimleri Fakültesi, Enerji Sistemleri Mühendisliği Bölümüen_US
dc.description.abstractIn the 1880s, Germany cultivated an alliance with the Ottoman Empire that led to a concession to build one of history?s most storied, diplomatically contentious, and financially challenging infrastructure projects: the Berlin-Baghdad Railroad. While Germany had many goals in pursuing the project, oil was the only way to make the railroad economic. Drawing on Ottoman archival sources, this article examines the policies and strategies of Sultan Abd?lhamid II in relation to Germany?s attempt to develop Mesopotamian oil from German Emperor Wilhelm II?s visit to Istanbul in 1889 to the conclusion of Germany?s oil concession in 1906/7. It argues that Hamid pursued a pragmatic policy to develop and protect Ottoman oil from being dominated by the powers, especially the British Empire, and, in the process, seeks to reorient our understanding of great power interest in Middle East oil.en_US
dc.identifier.citation9
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00263206.2019.1667775en_US
dc.identifier.endpage206en_US
dc.identifier.issn0026-3206en_US
dc.identifier.issn1743-7881en_US
dc.identifier.issn0026-3206
dc.identifier.issn1743-7881
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85077546506en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage193en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/3537
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/00263206.2019.1667775
dc.identifier.volume56en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000489952900001en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.institutionauthorEdiger, Volkan S.en_US
dc.institutionauthorBowlus, John V.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRoutledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltden_US
dc.relation.journalMiddle Eastern Studiesen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectBerlin-Baghdad railroaden_US
dc.subjectOilen_US
dc.subjectMosulen_US
dc.subjectGermanyen_US
dc.subjectOttoman empireen_US
dc.titleGreasing the wheels: the Berlin-Baghdad railway and Ottoman oil, 1888?1907en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication

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