Greasing the Wheels: the Berlin-Baghdad Railway and Ottoman Oil, 1888?1907

dc.contributor.author Ediger, Volkan S.
dc.contributor.author Ediger, Şevket Volkan
dc.contributor.author Bowlus, John V.
dc.contributor.other Industrial Engineering
dc.date.accessioned 2020-12-13T09:42:20Z
dc.date.available 2020-12-13T09:42:20Z
dc.date.issued 2020
dc.department Fakülteler, Mühendislik ve Doğa Bilimleri Fakültesi, Enerji Sistemleri Mühendisliği Bölümü en_US
dc.description.abstract In the 1880s, Germany cultivated an alliance with the Ottoman Empire that led to a concession to build one of history?s most storied, diplomatically contentious, and financially challenging infrastructure projects: the Berlin-Baghdad Railroad. While Germany had many goals in pursuing the project, oil was the only way to make the railroad economic. Drawing on Ottoman archival sources, this article examines the policies and strategies of Sultan Abd?lhamid II in relation to Germany?s attempt to develop Mesopotamian oil from German Emperor Wilhelm II?s visit to Istanbul in 1889 to the conclusion of Germany?s oil concession in 1906/7. It argues that Hamid pursued a pragmatic policy to develop and protect Ottoman oil from being dominated by the powers, especially the British Empire, and, in the process, seeks to reorient our understanding of great power interest in Middle East oil. en_US
dc.identifier.citationcount 9
dc.identifier.doi 10.1080/00263206.2019.1667775 en_US
dc.identifier.endpage 206 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0026-3206 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1743-7881 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0026-3206
dc.identifier.issn 1743-7881
dc.identifier.issue 2 en_US
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-85077546506 en_US
dc.identifier.scopusquality Q1
dc.identifier.startpage 193 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/3537
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.1080/00263206.2019.1667775
dc.identifier.volume 56 en_US
dc.identifier.wos WOS:000489952900001 en_US
dc.identifier.wosquality Q4
dc.institutionauthor Ediger, Volkan S. en_US
dc.institutionauthor Bowlus, John V. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd en_US
dc.relation.journal Middle Eastern Studies en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategory Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess en_US
dc.scopus.citedbyCount 5
dc.subject Berlin-Baghdad railroad en_US
dc.subject Oil en_US
dc.subject Mosul en_US
dc.subject Germany en_US
dc.subject Ottoman empire en_US
dc.title Greasing the Wheels: the Berlin-Baghdad Railway and Ottoman Oil, 1888?1907 en_US
dc.type Article en_US
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