M E STU 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: East Thrace, Hashemites, Socalled

• School: Berkeley
• Department: Middle Eastern Studies
• Course: M E STU 10
• Professor: Mahmood Monshipouri

Document Summary

The fall of the ottoman empire (part ii): Examine it from two different variables: internal and external. They are both related but not the same. Internal variables: lack of competency, so many ethnic divisions and local nationalism resurgence, failed internal reforms, the rise of turkish nationalism and divisions within ruling elites. External variables: wars and secret deals cut by european colonial powers (britain and. Britain and france started issues outside and manipulated inside. Lack of an economic control and vision. Capitulation treaties: european merchants doing business in ottoman lands were exempt from ottoman laws. The europeans used these treaties and their economic power to exert pressure on the. The question of the treatment of minorities in the ottoman empire was another tactic that. European powers used to bring pressure to bear on the ottoman empire. Divisions between christians and muslims also fed latent nationalist tendencies.