Selanik İngiliz Konsolosluğu Ticaret Raporlarına Göre Selanik Limanında İngiliz Ticareti (1865-1912)
British Trade in the Port of Salonica as Based on the Trade Reports of the British Consulate in Salonica (1865-1912)

Summary/Abstract: The geographical location of the port of Salonica made it a way station on the trade routes connecting the Middle East, the Black Sea, North Africa, and the Balkans. The British began to trade in Salonica, which had an active commercial activity since the seventeenth century, with commercial purposes more frequently from the beginning of the eighteenth century onwards. With the opening of the British consulate in Salonica in 1718, British merchants, freed from the protection of French consuls, continued their commercial activities under better conditions. It was also the first time a steamship docked at the port of Salonica, again through the British. Especially from the 1860s onwards, the British role in Salonica's trade increased in shipping, imports, and exports. As a consumer of the grain and industrial agricultural products of the Salonica hinterland, Britain imported several goods to the port of Salonica, mainly cotton yarn and textiles, but also bedsteads and sacks. In addition to imports and exports, the British were also very active in transportation in the port of Salonica. This study aims to analyze the commercial reports prepared by the British consuls in Salonica to analyze the extent of British shipping and trade in the port of Salonica.

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