American Influences in the Near East before 1861

Year 2025, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 1 - 12, 01.01.2025

Translator: Celal Öney

Abstract

This research, which examines Ottoman-American relations, focuses on how American merchant ships started their trade life in Ottoman waters, how American merchants, especially in İzmir, İstanbul and Beirut, were organised in these port cities, how they established relations with the Ottoman political elite, and how this relationship affected the fields of agriculture, shipping, mining, education and culture in Ottoman lands. In addition to trade, another important issue that the study focuses on is the purpose and spread of American educational and health institutions, which spread to the Arab geography of the Ottoman Empire and then to all corners of Anatolia from 1820 onwards.

Keywords

Ottoman, Trade, America, Protestantism, Missionary

1861’den Önce Yakın Doğu’da Amerikan Nüfuzu

Abstract

Osmanlı Amerikan ilişkilerinin incelendiği bu araştırmada Amerikan ticaret gemilerinin Osmanlı sularındaki ticaret hayatına nasıl başladıkları, başta İzmir, İstanbul ve Beyrut olmak üzere Amerikalı tüccarların bu liman şehirlerinde nasıl örgütlendiklerini, Osmanlı siyasi eliti ile nasıl ilişki kurdukları ve bu ilişkinin Osmanlı topraklarında tarım, gemicilik maden, eğitim ve kültür alanlarına nasıl etki ettiği üzerinde durulmaktadır. Ticaretin yanı sıra araştırmanın üzerinde yoğunlaştığı bir diğer önemli konu ise 1820 yılından itibaren başta Osmanlının Arap coğrafyası olmak üzere ve sonrasında Anadolu’nun dört bir köşesine yayılan Amerikan eğitim ve sağlık kurumlarının ne amaçla ve nasıl yayıldığı konusudur.

Keywords

Amerikan misyonerleri, Osmanlı, Ticaret, Amerika, Protestanlık, Misyonerlik

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