DOKSANÜÇ HARBİ’NİN KAYNAKLARINDAN İNGİLİZ GAZETELERİ
ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS AS THE SOURCES OF THE '93 WAR

Summary/Abstract: During the period of Abdul Hamid II, the '93 War, also known as the war between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire, lasted for approximately nine months, started in April 1877 and ended in January 1878 with the defeat of the Ottoman Empire. The accessible sources about this war are very vast and, each and every one of these sources’ value can be separately criticized. In our study, we used the English newspapers as the sources of the '93 War. These newspapers, which were the press organs of the state that proclaimed its neutrality in the war, tried to follow the '93 War on a daily basis in order to present it to its readers. The newspapers used various sources such as reports of the command center at the very front and telegrams from reporters, which are also indicated as sources for their present news. The sixteen newspapers we have been analyzed were not only about the things happening between the armies at the front, but also about lot of topics such as the relations of warring parties with other states, the introduction of major settlements in the region and the stories of commanders. On the pages dedicated to war news were about all the developments at the front and were divided into parts. Therefore, the readers had the chance to witness the whole geography of the war. The English newspapers, which transferred very detailed news about different faces of the war between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire, became sources for the understanding of the '93 War and reflected the approach of a neutral state towards the war. But the fact that England was neutral didn't make the writers of the newspapers neutral, too. That is why it is hard to say that the newspapers are neutral in absolute terms.

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