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WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY: GLOBAL EMERGENCE, STRATEGIC USES AND THE LATE OTTOMAN RESPONSE

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WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY: GLOBAL EMERGENCE, STRATEGIC USES AND THE LATE OTTOMAN RESPONSE

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Modern telecommunications took shape in the nineteenth century with the emergence of the electric telegraph and its expansion across wide geographies through land lines and submarine cables, fundamentally transforming communication, administration, and warfare. At the beginning of the twentieth century, wireless telegraphy introduced a new technological regime that disrupted established cable networks and reconfigured the strategic balance of global communications, expanding the military, competitive, and intelligence-related dimensions of communication. This article examines the global rise and strategic implications of wireless telegraphy, together with the Ottoman Empire’s practices of adopting and employing this new technology. While the Ottoman state embraced wireless telegraphy for military, administrative, and maritime purposes, it also increasingly perceived the technology as a security risk due to its potential use in espionage. In response, a detailed guide was prepared to detect clandestine wireless installations. Drawing on extensive Ottoman and British archival sources, the study employs a historical international relations methodology to analyze wireless telegraphy within the intersecting domains of technology, imperial rivalry, internal security, and state governance, thereby contributing to the existing literature.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Destekleyen Kurum

TÜBİTAK

Proje Numarası

1059B192400116

Etik Beyan

This study was supported by the TÜBİTAK 2219 Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship and conducted during a research stay at the University of Cambridge.

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Yakınçağ Akdeniz Tarihi, Yakınçağ Denizcilik Tarihi, Yakınçağ Osmanlı Tarihi

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

4 Haziran 2026

Gönderilme Tarihi

5 Ocak 2026

Kabul Tarihi

28 Nisan 2026

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2026 Sayı: 37

Kaynak Göster

APA
Kürekli, R. (2026). WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY: GLOBAL EMERGENCE, STRATEGIC USES AND THE LATE OTTOMAN RESPONSE. Kafkas Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 37, 297-314. https://doi.org/10.56597/kausbed.1856217
AMA
1.Kürekli R. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY: GLOBAL EMERGENCE, STRATEGIC USES AND THE LATE OTTOMAN RESPONSE. KAÜSBED. 2026;(37):297-314. doi:10.56597/kausbed.1856217
Chicago
Kürekli, Recep. 2026. “WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY: GLOBAL EMERGENCE, STRATEGIC USES AND THE LATE OTTOMAN RESPONSE”. Kafkas Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, sy 37: 297-314. https://doi.org/10.56597/kausbed.1856217.
EndNote
Kürekli R (01 Haziran 2026) WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY: GLOBAL EMERGENCE, STRATEGIC USES AND THE LATE OTTOMAN RESPONSE. Kafkas Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 37 297–314.
IEEE
[1]R. Kürekli, “WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY: GLOBAL EMERGENCE, STRATEGIC USES AND THE LATE OTTOMAN RESPONSE”, KAÜSBED, sy 37, ss. 297–314, Haz. 2026, doi: 10.56597/kausbed.1856217.
ISNAD
Kürekli, Recep. “WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY: GLOBAL EMERGENCE, STRATEGIC USES AND THE LATE OTTOMAN RESPONSE”. Kafkas Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 37 (01 Haziran 2026): 297-314. https://doi.org/10.56597/kausbed.1856217.
JAMA
1.Kürekli R. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY: GLOBAL EMERGENCE, STRATEGIC USES AND THE LATE OTTOMAN RESPONSE. KAÜSBED. 2026;:297–314.
MLA
Kürekli, Recep. “WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY: GLOBAL EMERGENCE, STRATEGIC USES AND THE LATE OTTOMAN RESPONSE”. Kafkas Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, sy 37, Haziran 2026, ss. 297-14, doi:10.56597/kausbed.1856217.
Vancouver
1.Recep Kürekli. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY: GLOBAL EMERGENCE, STRATEGIC USES AND THE LATE OTTOMAN RESPONSE. KAÜSBED. 01 Haziran 2026;(37):297-314. doi:10.56597/kausbed.1856217