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Copyright Hacettepe University, Ataturk Institute for Modern Turkish History Fall 2011

Abstract

This study focuses on the Mosul Question in Turkish foreign policy between 1926 and 1956 within the framework of Turkey's relations with Iraq, the Middle Eastern states, England as well as the Western states. The main determinant that shapes the Mosul question is the oil, in other words the petroleum politics of Mosul. Turkey enjoyed the right of usage of the oil in Mosul between 1926 and 1956. Due to the oil resources in Mosul, the problematic heritage of the Ottomans for the Republic of Turkey, there had been a strong rivalry among the great powers for sovereignty, dominance and attainment of privileges in the region since the 19th Century. Turkey's geographical closeness to the oil resources in Mosul and the common cultural, religious and ethnic features between Turkish and Iraqi people were used as motives of provocation and chaotic atmosphere in the area by the great powers to acquire control over the oil as well as Turkey herself. Such a circumstance helped Turkey have a strategic superiority on the others whereas it also made the country a potential target for the external and internal powers. In addition, problems that Turkey challanged in her foreign policy between 1926 and 1956 are adressed within the framework of the local and international conjuncture. Moreover, this study refers to the bileteral relations and the agreements signed that served for the settlement of the disputes. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]

Details

Title
1926-1956 DÖNEMI TÜRK DIS POLITIKASINDA MUSUL SORUNU
Author
Yazici, Nevin
Pages
133-179,183
Publication year
2011
Publication date
Fall 2011
Publisher
Hacettepe University, Ataturk Institute for Modern Turkish History
ISSN
13051458
e-ISSN
21471592
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Turkish
ProQuest document ID
1197785352
Copyright
Copyright Hacettepe University, Ataturk Institute for Modern Turkish History Fall 2011