A BRITISH MERCHANT IN TURKEY: FREEMAN OF THE LEVANT COMPANY AND CONSUL, DONALD SANDISON AT BURSA, 1795–1868

Year 2018, Issue: 68, 31 - 56, 02.12.2018

Emine Zeytinli

Abstract

Donald Sandison was a British merchant who
was based in Istanbul, from where he ran his business beginning with the second
decade of the nineteenth century. He established business partnerships and
became a member of the British Levant Company as well as a consul. He was the
first British consul to Bursa, between 1838 and 1868. This bibliographic study
focuses on Sandison, an overseas British citizen in Istanbul, as both a
merchant and a consul. The study includes a wealth of information from national
archives in Great Britain and Turkey, genealogical search, and
nineteenth-century British newspapers.

Keywords

Donald Sandison, British merchant, Levant Company, Consul, Bursa, trade

TÜRKİYE’DE BİR İNGİLİZ TÜCCAR: LEVANT KUMPANYASI ÜYESİ VE BURSA KONSOLOSU, DONALD SANDISON, 1795–1868

Abstract

Donald Sandison on dokuzuncu yüzyılın
başında İstanbul’a yerleşen ve ticari faaliyetlerini bu şehirden yürüten
İngiliz bir tüccardır. Sandison ticari ortaklıklar geliştirmiş, İngiliz Levant
Kumpanyası üyesi ve sonrasında konsolos olmuştur. 1838 ile 1868 yılları
arasında Bursa’da görev yapan ilk İngiliz konsolosudur. Bu biyografik çalışma
İstanbul’da tüccar ve ardından ticari faaliyetlerine ek olarak Bursa’da
konsolos olan bir İngiliz’in hayatını konu almaktadır. Çalışma için Büyük
Britanya ve Tükiye ulusal arşivleri, soy ağacı araştırmalarının yürütüldüğü
çeşitli arşivler ve on dokuzuncu yüzyıl İngiliz gazeteleri kullanılmıştır.   

Keywords

Donald Sandison, İngiliz Tüccar, Levant Kumpanyası, Konsolos, Bursa, Ticaret

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