A lecture by eyyep murat ozyuksel, manoogian simone foundation visiting scholar, university of michigan. As we have seen, germanys connection to this crisis is unexpectedly profound but it is also entirely literala chain of buildings, rails, and human drama linking berlin and baghdad and all points between. The berlin baghdad express tells the fascinating story of how germany exploited ottoman panislamism in order to destroy the british empire, then the largest islamic power in the world. The baghdad railway, also known as the berlin baghdad railway turkish. The berlinbaghdad railway and its peaceful effects on preworld war i anglogerman relations showing 14 of 102 pages in this thesis. This is the right place to introduce a more recent study on the berlin baghdad railway. Of the various issues which confronted europe at the outbreak of the war in 1914, some thought the bagdad railway was the largest single contributing factor. Meanwhile the young turks harnessed themselves to german military might to avenge turkeys hereditary enemy, russia. Promoter of german economic expansion and the berlin.
The berlin baghdad railway and the outbreak of world war. This is the book by sean mcmeekin, the berlin baghdad express, which contains the following observation. The impact of baghdad berlin railway on britains nautical and commercial interests in iraqs rivers article pdf available june 2017 with 398 reads how we measure reads. This was true both of railways in colonial areas and in home areas. The berlinbaghdad railway as a cause of world war i. The ottoman emperor, abdul hamid ii, meanwhile, saw the railway as a means to bolster crumbling ottoman control of arabia. Conflicts of interest and the fear that the economic personalities charged with financing the baghdad railway were coming under german sway generated doubts.
Media in category baghdad railway station the following 9 files are in this category, out of 9 total. The berlinbaghdad express, by sean mcmeekin the independent. Iitb the importance of the berlinbahdad and hejaz railways germany dzevada susko97 he dynamics of international politics changed in. A special report commissioned by the french army intelligence concluded the new baghdad concession to be the work of moltke the younger at the. This strategic vision led germany to pursue the construction of the berlin baghdad railroad bagdadbahn from 1888 to 1907. Pdf the impact of baghdadberlin railway on britains nautical. In 1903 imperial germany, under kaiser wilhelm ii, began to construct a railway which would connect berlin to the ottoman city of baghdad, and project german power all the way to the persian gulf. Germany had sought strong economic ties with the ottomans as a way to develop potentially vast new markets for exporting german industrial goods. German penetration into the ottoman empire through baghdad. Of the various issues which confronted europe at the outbreak of the war in 1914, some thought the bagdad railway. To oppenheim, as to many others at the time, the construction of a railway line running continuously from berlin to baghdad, from germany to the east, would be. The berlinbaghdad railway and the ottoman empire bloomsbury.
Us marines in iraq, 2003 basrah, baghdad and marines. Abstractin the 1880s, germany cultivated an alliance with the ottoman empire that led to a concession to build one of historys most storied. In 1889, a group of german industrialists and bankers, led by deutsche bank, secured a concession from the ottoman government to build a railway through anatolia. The jubilant mood at railway stations like that in munich are precious yet fragile. Pdf the importance of the berlinbaghdad and hejaz railways for. Baghdad railway ciob in red cfoa route to constantinople in blue baghdad railway c. The centrepiece of this endeavour was the famous berlin baghdad railway, designed to connect.
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