Turco-Armenian Relations And British Propaganda During The First World War

Year 1994, , 381 - 450, 20.08.1994

Salâhi R. Sonyel

https://doi.org/10.37879/belleten.1994.381

Abstract

In this paper I intend to trace cursorily the background of the incidents that took place in the Ottoman Empire, mainly in 1915, that caused a great tragedy to the people of Anatolia, especially to the Turks, other Muslims, and Armenians. I also intınd to examine that tragedy, its instigators, causes, effects, and how it was exploited by Britain's wartime propagandists, in the light of new documents that have come to my notice during recent studies. I hope that my conclusions may contribute to a better understanding of the Turco-Armenian relations, and of how those amicable relations were disrupted and exploited by external and extremist forces immediately before and during the fateful years of the First World War.

Keywords

Turco-Armenian Relations, British Propaganda, First World War, Ottoman Empire, Anatolia, Turkey