Bilici, Faruk. Le canal de Suez et l’Empire ottoman
Bilici, Faruk. Le canal de Suez et l’Empire ottoman

Summary/Abstract: Review of: Bilici, Faruk. Le canal de Suez et l’Empire ottoman. Paris: CNRS Éditions, 2019 The opening of the Suez Canal in Egypt under Ottoman rule is considered as one of the most important events in the modern history of the Middle East. Although there was political and commercial competition between England and France on the canal, this fact does not justify historiography approaching the opening of the canal as a result of this competition. Faruk Bilici’s work titled Le canal de Suez et l’Empire ottoman appears as concrete evidence that this perspective needs to change. One of the most important contributions of the study to the literature is that it shows how useful Ottoman archive sources can be in the research related to the Suez Canal.

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