British Diplomacy In Turkey

Since the early twentieth century the resident embassy has been supposed to be living on borrowed time. By means of an exhaustive historical account of the contribution of the British Embassy in Turkey to Britain s diplomatic relationship with that state, this book shows this to be false. Part A analyses the evolution of the embassy as a working unit up to the First World War: the buildings, diplomats, dragomans, consular network, and communications. Part B examines how, without any radical changes except in its communications, it successfully met the heavy demands made on it in the following century, for example by playing a key role in a multitude of bilateral negotiations and providing cover to secret agents and drugs liaison officers.

This book draws on the latest archival releases – including those from the secret world of British intelligence – to offer the first comprehensive analysis of Anglo-Turkish relations during the Second World War, with a particular emphasis on Turkey's place in the changing relationship between Britain and the Soviet Union.

As it is known by everyone the British government has been working on Brexit for several years and it seems that the UK will conclude this process with the separation. This situation has already brought British-Turkish trade relations closer. On the other hand, with construction of iron Silkroad these relations will be more strength. From this situation we understand that British-Turkish relations will lay the foundation of a new era. Power of trade will inspire this new era. Just like approximately 450 years ago. In the time of Elizabeth I all dynamics of the European policy was proper for the rapprochement between these two empires and trade was the milestone in this rapprochement. In this study, I researched that what kind of dynamics triggered the British Empire and the Ottoman Empire to start diplomatic negotiations. How they started to first diplomatic contacts? How they overcame the difficulties and what kind of agreement they reached? These questions will find answer in this study.

This volume examines how Conservative and Labour governments in the UK related diplomatically to a plurality of Turkish governments between 1959 and 1965. With research based on newly-available Public Records Office archives, the author provides insight on British reactions to political events in Turkey and shows that in relation to the partition of Cyprus the crucial changes started as early as 1963, with Britain's indirect support.

Discusses the economic background of British diplomatic relations with Turkey. Bailey finds that the Reform Movement was essentially Turkish in origin, and was motivated not by a desire for an improved order but by the sheer necessity for preservation; that Britain did not originate the regeneration of Turkey and encouraged it but little; that the British foreign ministers between 1825 and 1853 pursued a status quo policy which retarded rather than promoted the real reformation of the old Turkish state.