Arms trade in the shadow of personal influence : German style of war business in the Ottoman market (1876-1909)
The main question of this thesis originated from the following observation: during the reign of Sultan AbdĂŒlhamid II (r.1876-1909) - especially after the 1880s - the German armament firms (GAFs) obtained a monopoly position in the Ottoman military market and maintained their position for decades. Based upon this observation the question of this thesis is: How did the Germans manage to get this status and protect it for decades, in particular, in a quite competitive market, where the American, British, and the French firms had been dominant for years? This thesis, which has fundamentally relied on multi-national archival research, does not seek the answer with reference to the ordinary theory of supply and demand but in the realm of the inter-personal relations and the personal influence of some influential personalities/statesmen who somehow intervened themselves into the war business from both sides (i.e. the Ottoman Empire and Germany). In the line with this argument, the principal aim of this thesis is to examine the impact of the non-commercial factors of the arms trade on the GAFsâ successful war business in the Ottoman military market. For that purpose throughout the dissertation the acts and doings
Yorulmaz, Naci
DD Germany ; DE The Mediterranean Region. The Greco-Roman World
Arms trade in the shadow of personal influence : German style of war business in the Ottoman market (1876-1909). The main question of this thesis originated from the following observation: during the reign of Sultan AbdĂŒlhamid II (r.1876-1909) - especially after the 1880s - the German armament firms (GAFs) obtained a monopoly position in the Ottoman military market and maintained their position for decades. Based upon this observation the question of this thesis is: How did the Germans manage to get this status and protect it for decades, in particular, in a quite competitive market, where the American, British, and the French firms had been dominant for years? This thesis, which has fundamentally relied on multi-national archival research, does not seek the answer with reference to the ordinary theory of supply and demand but in the realm of the inter-personal relations and the personal influence of some influential personalities/statesmen who somehow intervened themselves into the war business from both sides (i.e. the Ottoman Empire and Germany). In the line with this argument, the principal aim of this thesis is to examine the impact of the non-commercial factors of the arms trade on the GAFsâ successful war business in the Ottoman military market. For that purpose throughout the dissertation the acts and doings
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