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Article | İhsan Şerif Kaymaz, Musul Sorunu (Turkish Posting) Download PDF
Profesör, Gazi Üniversitesi, Edebiyat Fakültesi Tarih Bölümü
See also: 1926-1956 DÖNEMİ TÜRK DIŞ POLİTİKASINDA MUSUL SORUNU YAZICI, Nevin, CTAD, Yıl 7, Sayı 14 (Güz 2011), 133-179.
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 challenged in her foreign policy between 1926 and 1956 are addressed within the framework of the local and international conjuncture. Moreover, this study refers to the bilateral relations and the agreements signed that served for the settlement of the disputes. Keywords: Mosul Question, Turkish Foreign Policy, Iraq, petropolitics, Angora Treaty of 1926.
Article | İhsan Şerif Kaymaz, Musul Sorunu (Turkish Posting) Download PDF
Profesör, Gazi Üniversitesi, Edebiyat Fakültesi Tarih Bölümü
See also: 1926-1956 DÖNEMİ TÜRK DIŞ POLİTİKASINDA MUSUL SORUNU YAZICI, Nevin, CTAD, Yıl 7, Sayı 14 (Güz 2011), 133-179.
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 challenged in her foreign policy between 1926 and 1956 are addressed within the framework of the local and international conjuncture. Moreover, this study refers to the bilateral relations and the agreements signed that served for the settlement of the disputes. Keywords: Mosul Question, Turkish Foreign Policy, Iraq, petropolitics, Angora Treaty of 1926.