Research Article

Sultan Vahdetti̇n’s Policy towards England after the Mudros Armistice

Volume: 8 Number: Dr. Recep Yaşa’ya Armağan October 24, 2023
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Sultan Vahdetti̇n’s Policy towards England after the Mudros Armistice

Abstract

Sultan Vahdettin was the last representative of the Ottoman dynasty who assumed the sultanate in one of the last months of the First World War. He assumed responsibility not only for himself, but also for a six-hundred-century-old empire that was being defeated. The policy he would pursue and the decisions he would make would affect his fate and that of the country. The first decision was to wage a great struggle against all kinds of occupation by relying on the nation, and the second was to protect the sultanate and caliphate under the sovereignty of a powerful occupying state. The decision to be made was to wage a great struggle for independence by leading the nation with the responsibility imposed on him by history, with the heroic spirit he had received from his ancestors, against the Entente states, which he could not prevail against, even though he had the German Empire as an ally, and perhaps to lose the sultanate, or to gain the friendship of England, a great and powerful state, to enter its patronage and to protect all its gains. The subject is important in terms of illuminating the debates about Vahdettin in recent political circles. The study was prepared using British and Turkish archival documents. The aim of the study is to reveal the policy of Sultan Mehmet Vahdettin IV, the last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, towards England after the Armistice of Mudros and its reasons.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Late Modern Ottoman History

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

October 24, 2023

Submission Date

June 24, 2023

Acceptance Date

October 19, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: 8 Number: Dr. Recep Yaşa’ya Armağan

APA
Köylü, M. (2023). Sultan Vahdetti̇n’s Policy towards England after the Mudros Armistice. Vakanüvis - Uluslararası Tarih Araştırmaları Dergisi, 8(Dr. Recep Yaşa’ya Armağan), 2951-2967. https://doi.org/10.24186/vakanuvis.1319422
AMA
1.Köylü M. Sultan Vahdetti̇n’s Policy towards England after the Mudros Armistice. VAKANUVIS. 2023;8(Dr. Recep Yaşa’ya Armağan):2951-2967. doi:10.24186/vakanuvis.1319422
Chicago
Köylü, Murat. 2023. “Sultan Vahdetti̇n’s Policy towards England After the Mudros Armistice”. Vakanüvis - Uluslararası Tarih Araştırmaları Dergisi 8 (Dr. Recep Yaşa’ya Armağan): 2951-67. https://doi.org/10.24186/vakanuvis.1319422.
EndNote
Köylü M (October 1, 2023) Sultan Vahdetti̇n’s Policy towards England after the Mudros Armistice. Vakanüvis - Uluslararası Tarih Araştırmaları Dergisi 8 Dr. Recep Yaşa’ya Armağan 2951–2967.
IEEE
[1]M. Köylü, “Sultan Vahdetti̇n’s Policy towards England after the Mudros Armistice”, VAKANUVIS, vol. 8, no. Dr. Recep Yaşa’ya Armağan, pp. 2951–2967, Oct. 2023, doi: 10.24186/vakanuvis.1319422.
ISNAD
Köylü, Murat. “Sultan Vahdetti̇n’s Policy towards England After the Mudros Armistice”. Vakanüvis - Uluslararası Tarih Araştırmaları Dergisi 8/Dr. Recep Yaşa’ya Armağan (October 1, 2023): 2951-2967. https://doi.org/10.24186/vakanuvis.1319422.
JAMA
1.Köylü M. Sultan Vahdetti̇n’s Policy towards England after the Mudros Armistice. VAKANUVIS. 2023;8:2951–2967.
MLA
Köylü, Murat. “Sultan Vahdetti̇n’s Policy towards England After the Mudros Armistice”. Vakanüvis - Uluslararası Tarih Araştırmaları Dergisi, vol. 8, no. Dr. Recep Yaşa’ya Armağan, Oct. 2023, pp. 2951-67, doi:10.24186/vakanuvis.1319422.
Vancouver
1.Murat Köylü. Sultan Vahdetti̇n’s Policy towards England after the Mudros Armistice. VAKANUVIS. 2023 Oct. 1;8(Dr. Recep Yaşa’ya Armağan):2951-67. doi:10.24186/vakanuvis.1319422


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