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LEWIS D. EINSTEIN’S DIARY: ISTANBUL DURING THE WORLD WAR I

Year 2016, Volume: 16 Issue: 32, 169 - 187, 26.08.2016

Abstract

In this study, the Einstein “Inside Constantinople: diplomatist S Diary During the
Dardanelles Expedition, April-September 1915” was discussed. The method of literature
screening was used in the study. In the study, Einstein’s biography was dealt with firstly and
author’s brief life story, education, places of assignment and the works by him was included
in that biography. In the second part, mentioned works were examined and analyzed as thematic topics. The diary which comprises of total 291 pages were divided into some sections
by Einstein. These sections “preface”, “Çanakkale exit”, “Italy’s war inputs, fight and hope”,
“Armenian deportations news”, “Bulgaria decisions” and “frustration” was written. When the
work is examined, it was found that the headings and contents do not match with each other
indeed. Therefore, similar subjects were assessed by addressing with a thematic approach in
this study. The said themes were determined as follows: “Ottoman Empire: Management and
managers of Committee of Union and Progress”, “Gallipoli Front”, “Istanbul: Safety, fires
and daily life”, “Armenian question”, “Behaviors towards non-Muslims”, “Condition of the
hospitals” and “Struggle for reign in the palace”. Einstein worked under Henry Morgenthau,
the US Ambassador, in Istanbul where he came as emissary as he expressed. Besides, when
we take a look at what is written in Einstein’s diary, it is understood that he did not have
an attitude towards Ottoman Empire, Turkish people and managements as blaming as
Morgenthau.

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  • TOYNBEE, Arnold,Turkey: A Past and a Future, New York, 1917.
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LEWIS D. EINSTEIN’IN GÜNLÜĞÜ: BİRİNCİ DÜNYA SAVAŞI YILLARINDA İSTANBUL

Year 2016, Volume: 16 Issue: 32, 169 - 187, 26.08.2016

Abstract

Bu araştırmada Einstein’ın “Inside Constantinople: A Diplomatist’s Diary
During the Dardanelles Expedition, April-September, 1915” isimli eseri bütün halde
değerlendirilmiştir. Araştırmada literatür taraması yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Çalışmada ilk
olarak Einstein’ın biyografisi ele alınmış, bu biyografide yazarın kısa yaşam öyküsüne,
öğrenimine, görev bölgeleri ve yazdığı eserlere yer verilmiştir. İkinci bölümde adı geçen eser
tematik başlıklar halinde incelenmiş ve analiz edilmiştir. Toplam 291 sayfadan oluşan günlük
Einstein tarafından bazı bölümlere ayrılmıştır. Kitabın bölümleri “önsöz”, “Çanakkale’ye
çıkış”, “İtalya’nın savaşa girişi, savaş ve umutlar”, “Ermeni tehciri haberleri”, “Bulgaristan
kararları” ve “hayal kırıklıkları” olarak yazılmıştır. Eser incelendiğinde başlıklarla içeriklerin
aslında birbiriyle örtüşmediği görülmüştür. Bu nedenle bu çalışmada benzer konular tematik
bir yaklaşımla ele alınıp değerlendirilmiştir. Sözkonusu temalar “Osmanlı Devleti: İttihat ve
Terakki yönetimi ve yöneticileri”, “Çanakkale Cephesi”, “İstanbul: Güvenlik, yangınlar ve
gündelik hayat”,“Ermeni meselesi”, “gayri-Müslimlere yapılan muameleler”, “hastanelerin
durumu” ve “sarayda saltanat mücadelesi” olarak belirlenmiştir. Einstein kendi deyimiyle
özel görevli olarak geldiği İstanbul’da ABD Büyükelçisi Henry Morgenthau’ya bağlı olarak
çalışmıştır. Bununla birlikte Einstein’ın günlüğünde yazdıklarına bakıldığında Morgenthau
kadar Osmanlı’yı, Türk insanını ve yönetimleri suçlayan bir yönelim içinde olmadığı
görülmüştür. 

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  • Abdülmecid Efendi, http://www.islamansiklopedisi.info/dia/pdf/c01/c010313.pdf Erişim tarihi: 11.09.2015.
  • AMBROSIUS, Lloyd E., Woodrow Wilson and the American Diplomatic Tradition: The Treaty Fight in Perspective, Cambridge University Press, London & New York, 1987.
  • ARI, Kemal, Birinci Dünya Savaşı Kronolojisi, Genelkurmay Basımevi, Ankara, 1997.
  • BARROWS, John Otis, In the Land of Ararat: A Sketch of the life of Mrs. Elizabeth Freeman Barrows Ussher, Missionary to Turkey and a Martyr of the Great War, New York, 1916.
  • Çanakkale Savaşı Denizaltı Harekâtları, https://tr.wikipedia.org/ wiki/%C3%87anakkale_Sava%C5%9F%C4 %B1_denizalt%C4%B1_ harek%C3%A2tlar%C4%B1 Erişim tarihi: 12.09.2015.
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  • Einstein Named to Aid Morgenthau, The New York Times,March 5, 1915.
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  • EINSTEIN, Lewis, A Prophecy of theWar (1913-1914), Colombia University Press, New York, 1918.
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  • EINSTEIN, Lewis, Current Problems: Historical Change (Ed. Sir Ernest Barker), Cambridge University Press, London, 1946.
  • EINSTEIN, Lewis, Divided Loyalties: Americans in England During the War of Independence, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1933.
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  • EINSTEIN, Lewis, Leonardo Da Vinci: Thoughts on Art and Life, The Merrymount Press, Boston, 1906 (Translated by Maorice Baring).
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  • EINSTEIN, Lewis, The Italian Renaissance in England, The Colombia University Press, New York, 1902.
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  • MORGENTHAU, Henry, Secrets of the Boshphorus, Constantinople 1913-1916, Hutchinson & Co. Paternoster Row, London, 1918.
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  • STUERMER, Harry & STUERMER, Allen E. Two War Years in Constantinople, New York, 1918.
  • TOYNBEE, Arnold,Turkey: A Past and a Future, New York, 1917.
  • USSHER, Clarence D. & KNAPP, Grace Higley, An American Physician in Turkey: A Narrative of Adventures in Peace and in War, New York, 1918.
  • WILLMOT, H. P., Last Century of Sea Power. Volume 1: From Port Arthur to Chanak, 1894-1922, Indiana University Press, Indianapolis, 2009.
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Primary Language Turkish
Journal Section Research Articles
Authors

Mustafa Şahin

Publication Date August 26, 2016
Submission Date April 25, 2016
Published in Issue Year 2016 Volume: 16 Issue: 32

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Chicago Şahin, Mustafa. “LEWIS D. EINSTEIN’IN GÜNLÜĞÜ: BİRİNCİ DÜNYA SAVAŞI YILLARINDA İSTANBUL”. Çağdaş Türkiye Tarihi Araştırmaları Dergisi 16, no. 32 (August 2016): 169-87.