The Turkish Province from an English Diplomat’s Viewpoint 70 Years Ago

Ali Satan and Meral Balcı

European Journal of Social Sciences Education and Research Articles, 2017, vol. 4

Abstract: In 1947, a British diplomat conducted a visit to the places travelled rarely by local and foreign travelers, The Black Sea Coast between Samsun and Giresun in the North, the Malatya-Erzincan train line in the South, the Sivas-Erzurum train route in the West, Erzincan-Åžebinkarahisar- Giresun in the East, and reported what he saw to London. In secret report, there provided military, political, ethnographic and historical information. In rapidly changing life conditions in the world, this secret report, which was written seventy years ago, set us on a historical journey. In the year, which the secret report was written, Turkey preferred being part of Western bloc in newly established bipolar international system and British diplomats were trying to understand how Britain and the Soviet Union were looked at in the regions they visited. In the secret report, there were also striking observations regarding the activities of the newly formed opposition party (Democratic Party) in Anatolia, the distance between the Turkish elites and the Anatolian villagers, and the military-civilian relationship in Anatolia.

Keywords: World War II; province; rural; English diplomats; Middle and East of Turkey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.26417/ejser.v9i1.p7-13

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