British–Russian Convention and Ottoman Empire in the Context of Polarization Politics

Abstract

The British-Russian Convention of 1907 was seen as a joint effort by Britain and Russia to reconcile their areas of influence in Asia but apart from this purpose, it represented the last ring of the emerging tripartite blog that included France against Germany and its allies. The agreement, which mainly came into agenda for partitioning Iran, was handled by the Ottoman Foreign Affairs as a text about Asian affairs. The Ottoman statesmen, who considered only the part of this agreement concerning Afghanistan, Tibet and Iran, couldn’t realize that this was an important part of the polarization politics that pushed world to a general war.

Keywords

Convention, Britain, Russia, Ottoman Empire

Citation

Atuk, M. Volkan, “British–Russian Convention and Ottoman Empire in the Context of Polarization Politics”, International Relations, Volume 15, Issue 57, 2018, pp. 99-109, DOI: 10.33458/uidergisi.518045

Affiliations

• M. Volkan ATUK, Teacher, Guidance and Research Center, Provincial Directorate of National Education