Does Culture Matter?
Does Culture Matter?
Author(s): Mensur AkgünSubject(s): History
Published by: Research Center of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (RC SFPA)
Keywords: diplomatic relations between Russia and Turkey; Turkey: Alliances; Europe against Russia;
Summary/Abstract: This article briefly elaborates two choices from Turkey’s recent imperial history. As will be shown in the following pages, Turkey had to collaborate with Russia in protecting its territorial integrity and political survival during both Napoleon’s Egypt expedition in 1798 and during Egypt governor Mehmet Ali’s revolt in 1833. In both instances the Sublime Port, the imperial bureaucracy, was extremely reluctant to collaborate with the Russians, but had no other option than to form an alliance with the archenemy despite the fact that the latter’s ambitions over the Ottoman realms were very well known.
Journal: International Issues & Slovak Foreign Policy Affairs
- Issue Year: XIV/2005
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 67-86
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English
