LAZKİYE LİMANI’NDA İNGİLİZ KONSOLOSLARI VE TÜCCARLARI 1700-1772
BRITISH CONSULS AND MERCHANTS IN THE PORT OF LATAKIA 1700-1772

Summary/Abstract: The port of Latakia, which was an important place among the ports of the Eastern Mediterranean, was commercially active during the Ottoman period. Widespread tobacco cultivation around Latakia since the 17th century and the increasing in silk production in the region as an alternative to Persian silk in the 18th century increased the commercial importance of Latakia. Thanks to these developments, British merchants showed much more interest in the region and the port. The British, that had previously provided commodities via mediator from the region, opened a consul representative office in 1737 is an indicator of these increasing commercial interest. In this article, the establishment of the British Vice-Consulate Representative in the port of Latakia in the 18th century, the commercial activities and credit relations of the British merchants are examined within the framework of Ottoman and British archival sources.

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