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    The Agricultural Incentive: Attempts to Increase Cotton Production in the Ottoman Empire
    (E.U. Printing And Publishing House, 2023) Demir Gorur, Emel
    In the 1860s, British textile factories, which relied heavily on cotton as their main raw material, imported cotton from America. The outbreak of the Civil War in America and the possibility that the war might disrupt cotton imports caused concern among factory owners. This was a critical issue since more than 80 percent of the cotton imported to Britain came from America, and the realization of such a likelihood would lead to factory shutdowns and unemployment for workers. In this context, Britain turned its attention to the East for a solution. The British efforts to promote cotton cultivation in Ottoman provinces proved effective, leading to the encouragement of cotton cultivation through a decree issued in 1862. After the implementation of new cultivation methods and techniques, Britain sent a survey consisting of twenty-five questions to its consuls stationed in the Ottoman provinces in 1864 in order to observe the recorded advancements. These surveys included a range of questions, from the type of cotton seeds planted per hectare of cultivated land to the taxation system and the number of workers involved in cotton farming. In addition to these inquiries, the consuls were asked to prepare a report detailing the existing cotton production, potential for production growth, anticipated challenges, and proposed solutions.Comprehensive reports were compiled from all corners of the country, offering detailed insights into agriculture, particularly cotton cultivation. These reports shed light on the agricultural conditions of the provincial regions and provided in-depth information about the socio-economic landscape of the era. This study examines the initiatives undertaken between 1862 and 1864 in the Ottoman Empire to enhance cotton cultivation and the progress achieved during that period. The main sources for this study comprise Ottoman and British archival documents.
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    Grand Vizier, (Little/Kutchuk) Mehmed Said Pasha as a Refuge in the British Embassy (1895)
    (Hale Sivgin, 2021) Demir Gorur, Emel
    In this study, Mehmed Said Pasha, an important government man who became grand vizier five times as of the relevant date and one of the important figures of the Sultan II. Abdulhamid period, took refuge in the British Embassy, the reasons for his refuge, and the negotiations between Sultan and Pasha through emissaries and the efforts to convince Said Pasha were discussed in detail. Under the mediation of British Ambassador Sr Philip Currie and under the leadership of the Austrian Ambassador Baron Calice, the involvement of the ambassadors was examined. The study was handled with the Ottoman Archive Documents and British Archive Documents, which contain the correspondence and reports submitted by British Ambassador Currie with the Ottoman and British authorities. To follow the reflections of the issue of the European and especially British public opinion, European-origin newspapers and memoirs were used by taking the precautionary principle into consideration.
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    Nestorian Events in Hekkiari Sanjak (1896-1897)
    (Ege Univ, 2019) Demir Gorur, Emel
    In 1897-1898, Captain Elliot, who was the Vice-Consul of the Van Province of Britain, made a trip to Hakkari (Hekkiari) Province to learn about the region and to observe the events in a short time. The Vice-Consul Elliot visited the Kochannes (Konak), the center of the Nestorians in Julamerk and during this visit Matran, other Nestorian leaders and Mr. Browne. Mr. Browne of the Archbishop of Canterbury lived for many years among Hekkiari Nestorians. The study, report and correspondence of Captain Elliot and Browne, and activities of Consul Elliot and missionaries in the Ottoman Archives, Kurdish-Nestorian, attack-looting incidents, the problems in tax collection, the archive documents we have identified regarding about Sheikh Sadig -Musa Beg were tried to be prepared.
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    The Province of Bitlis in the Reports of British Consul James Henry Monahan (1896-1898)
    (Hale Sivgin, 2020) Demir Gorur, Emel
    The Consulate of the Bitlis Province of Britain was opened at the level of the Vice-Consul attached to the province of Erzurum in 1895. Charles Seymour Hampson was appointed as the first consul of the province. After Hampson, James Henry Monahan was appointed British Dice-Consul of the province of Bitlis. Monahan took over the responsibility of the Bitlis Consulate in 1896 and held this post until 1898. During his tenure, James Henry Monahan kept consular books containing important political, social, economic and cultural information about the province. When these books were examined, it was seen that some events were emphasized more. The Armenian-Muslim conflict, the looting-attack events, the conversion of religion events, the tax issue, the economic situation, and the regulations implemented in the province were the main topics. Consul Monahan obtained this detailed information as a result of his trips to the San jak of Moush and Sairt. The study is based on James Henry Monahan's trips in the province and her subsequent reports and correspondence. In our study, the famine in Bitlis province of 1896-1898 and the subsequent migration events, the tax issue, various debt systems applied within the province, the livelihoods of the people, security problems, the issue of Kurdish guards (bekdji) and the socio-economic structure of the province were examined in detail.