Balıkesir Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi

Yazarlar: Mehmet TEMEL

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Özet: The policy of England , from 1791 until 1878 , has been in favour of Ottoman Empire to prevent Russia from being the greatest country in Europe . After Ottoman Empire had lost its strength ; England changed its policy and began an opportunist attempt to destroy Ottoman Empire and helped found some small countries that were in Otoman land but would be in close relationship with England and also support English profit . Therefore , England had occupied Cyprus in 1878 and Egypt in 1882 encouraged Armenian and Kurdish people to establish their own countries , and Greeks to occupy Western Anatolia. At the beginning of 1921 , however , some different events in Anatolia and some others caused England to change its policy. Among the reasons for this change can be mentioned : Conservatives , Military and diplomatic authorities in England had increased their criticism that if England goes on following the same policy Turkey might be influenced by Bolshevik wave spreading around it by force ; In Greece , King Konstantine , who was advocating German policy , had reigned again ; and the Turkish National Struggle for Independence had gained more and more strength. Believing that the National Struggle of Turkey would be a success , England had tried to be in close relation ship with Mustafa Kemal ,the founder of Turkish Republich and with the Republic which was still being founded in the middle East

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