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Hünkar iskelesi Antlajmasina Yeni Bir Bakij Açisi- II. Mahmud'un Mehmet Ali Paja Sorununu Çôzmek için Uluslararasi Diplomasiyi Kullanimi

Özet

Bir kisim tarihçiler Hünkar iskelesi Antlajmasini Rus Çari I. Nikolay'in bir diplomatik zaferi olarak görse de, diger bir kisim tarihçiler ise ayni Antlajmayi II. Mahmud'un asi valisi Mehmet Ali Paja karjisindaki çaresizliginin bir belirtisi olarak görmüjlerdir. Buna karjin, bu tarihçilerden hiçbiri, bu Antlajmayi II. Mahmud'un Mehmet Ali Paja Sorununu diplomasiyi kullanarak çôzme noktasindaki sürmekte olan mücadelesinin bir parçasi olarak degerlendirmemijlerdir. Bu nedenle, bu makale hem Hünkar iskelesi Antlajmasina yeni bir perspektiften bakmak hem de Mehmet Ali Paja Sorunu sürecinde jimdiye kadar ihmal edilmij olan Osmanli diplomatik mücadelesini ortaya koymak maksadiyla, uluslararasi ilijkiler baglaminda çok yogun olan bu süreci Osmanli Arjivlerini kullanarak mercek altina almayi amaçlamaktadir

Anahtar Kelimeler: Hünkar iskelesi Antlajmasi, II. Mahmud, Osmanli Diplomasisi, Mehmet Ali Sorunu, Osmanli-ingiliz ilijkileri

A New Perspective on the Treaty of Unkiar Skelessi-Mahmud II's Use of International Diplomacy to Resolve the Mehmet Ali Problem

Abstract

While some historians see the Treaty of Unkiar Skelessi as a diplomatic victory for the Russian Tsar, Nicholas I, others consider the same treaty indicative of Mahmud II's desperation in the face of his rebel governor, Mehmet Ali Pasha. Nevertheless, none of them have evaluated this treaty as being part of Mahmud II's ongoing endeavour to solve the Mehmet Ali problem with diplomacy. Accordingly, this article aims to look at the Treaty of Unkiar Sklessi from a new perspective by using the Ottoman documents, and uncover some hitherto-overlooked details of the Ottoman diplomatic struggle during the Mehmet Ali Problem.

Key Words: The Treaty of Unkiar Skelessi, Mahmud II, Ottoman Diplomacy, Mehmet Ali Problem, Anglo-Ottoman Relations

1. Introduction

In the field of the history of diplomatic relations, very few treaties have been more hazardous, whilst at the same time so crucially important, as was the Treaty of Unkiar Skelessi.The reason for the significance of this treaty was that it had resulted from Mahmud II's secret plan to overcome his rebel governor, Mehmet Ali. When confronted with the biggest defeat that he had ever faced at the hands of this enemy, he realised that there was no alternative way to solve this politically fatal problem outside of using diplomacy. With this in mind, he sent his special official,...

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