Grand Vizier Talat Pasha in Turkish Press (3 January 1917 - 10 November 1918)

İlyas Ak

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Grand Vizier Talat Pasha in Turkish Press (3 January 1917 - 10 November 1918)

Authors:

İlyas Ak

Publisher:

Selcuk University

Main Topics:

Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Tarihi

Journal:

Selçuk Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi Issue 58, pp.351-378

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

8/2023

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001297100

pISSN:

1300-5766

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Abstract:

 Talât Pasha was between 3 February 1917 - 8 October 1918 at the capital. During his short period of duty, there had been developments that changed the course of the First World War and even ended it. Shortly after he became Grand Vizier, the Bolshevik Revolution started in Russia and Russia withdrew from the war. Although the withdrawal of Russia from the war seemed like to be a victory of the allies, the desire to have Baku petroleum and the disagreements over the Caucasus started a rough competition between The Ottoman Empire and Germany. This competition almost started a war between the two allies. Pasha visitted Berlin to appease this environment. On the other hand, Talât Pasha was also shown as the number one reason responsible for the deportation. In the end, after signing the Armistice of Mondros, he and other Unionist leaders had to flee abroad. The aim of this paper is to follow the changing profiles in the Turkish press according to political developments in the last years of the war when the Unionist hold and lost power, through Talât Pasha. Also how the period of Talât Pasha working as Grand Vizier and fleeing the country is shown in the press; Pashas statements while he was Grand Vizier, his travels, his Brest-Litovsk meetings, his escape with a German boat to a foreign country and his life being ended when he assassination in Berlin. His biography is presented with the help of important newspapers of that time such as Ikdam, Sabah, Tanin, Zaman, Tercümân-i Hakîkat, Tasvîr-i Efkâr, Vakit and Yenigün.

 Talât Pasha was between 3 February 1917 - 8 October 1918 at the capital. During his short period of duty, there had been developments that changed the course of the First World War and even ended it. Shortly after he became Grand Vizier, the Bolshevik Revolution started in Russia and Russia withdrew from the war. Although the withdrawal of Russia from the war seemed like to be a victory of the allies, the desire to have Baku petroleum and the disagreements over the Caucasus started a rough competition between The Ottoman Empire and Germany. This competition almost started a war between the two allies. Pasha visitted Berlin to appease this environment. On the other hand, Talât Pasha was also shown as the number one reason responsible for the deportation. In the end, after signing the Armistice of Mondros, he and other Unionist leaders had to flee abroad. The aim of this paper is to follow the changing profiles in the Turkish press according to political developments in the last years of the war when the Unionist hold and lost power, through Talât Pasha. Also how the period of Talât Pasha working as Grand Vizier and fleeing the country is shown in the press; Pashas statements while he was Grand Vizier, his travels, his Brest-Litovsk meetings, his escape with a German boat to a foreign country and his life being ended when he assassination in Berlin. His biography is presented with the help of important newspapers of that time such as Ikdam, Sabah, Tanin, Zaman, Tercümân-i Hakîkat, Tasvîr-i Efkâr, Vakit and Yenigün.

 Talât Pasha was between 3 February 1917 - 8 October 1918 at the capital. During his short period of duty, there had been developments that changed the course of the First World War and even ended it. Shortly after he became Grand Vizier, the Bolshevik Revolution started in Russia and Russia withdrew from the war. Although the withdrawal of Russia from the war seemed like to be a victory of the allies, the desire to have Baku petroleum and the disagreements over the Caucasus started a rough competition between The Ottoman Empire and Germany. This competition almost started a war between the two allies. Pasha visitted Berlin to appease this environment. On the other hand, Talât Pasha was also shown as the number one reason responsible for the deportation. In the end, after signing the Armistice of Mondros, he and other Unionist leaders had to flee abroad. The aim of this paper is to follow the changing profiles in the Turkish press according to political developments in the last years of the war when the Unionist hold and lost power, through Talât Pasha. Also how the period of Talât Pasha working as Grand Vizier and fleeing the country is shown in the press; Pashas statements while he was Grand Vizier, his travels, his Brest-Litovsk meetings, his escape with a German boat to a foreign country and his life being ended when he assassination in Berlin. His biography is presented with the help of important newspapers of that time such as Ikdam, Sabah, Tanin, Zaman, Tercümân-i Hakîkat, Tasvîr-i Efkâr, Vakit and Yenigün.

 Talât Paşa, sadrazam olarak 3 Şubat 1917-8 Ekim 1918 tarihleri arasında görev yaptı. Görev yaptığı bu kısa süre içerisinde Birinci Dünya Savaşının seyrini değiştiren hatta sonlandıran gelişmeler oldu. Sadrazam olduktan kısa bir süre sonra Rusyada Bolşevik İhtilali oldu ve Ruslar savaştan çekildi. Rusyanın savaştan çekilme isteği üzerine Brest-Litovskta yapılan barış görüşmelerine Talât Paşa katıldı. Her ne kadar Rusyanın savaştan çekilmesi İttifak devletlerinin zaferi olarak gözükse de Bakü petrollerine sahip olma isteği Osmanlı Devleti ile Almanya arasında sert bir rekabet başlattı. Bu rekabet iki müttefik devleti savaşın eşiğine getirdi. Paşa, bu ortamı yatıştırmak için Berline ziyaret gerçekleştirdi. Diğer taraftan bazı kesimler tarafından tehcirin de bir numaralı sorumlusu olarak Talât Paşa gösterilmekteydi. Nihayetinde Mondros Mütarekesi imzalandıktan sonra İttihatçı liderlerle beraber Talât Paşa da yurtdışına gitmek zorunda kaldı. Bu çalışmanın amacı dönemin Türk basınına Talât Paşanın sadrazamlığa atanmasından yurtdışına gidişine kadar geçen sürecin nasıl yansıdığı; Paşanın sadrazamlığı sırasında vermiş olduğu beyanatları, seyahatleri, Alman botuyla yurt dışına gidişi ve son olarak Berlinde katledilmesiyle sonuçlanan yaşam öyküsünü İkdam, Sabah, Tanin, Zaman, Tercümân-ı Hakîkat, Tasvîr-i Efkâr, Vakit ve Yenigün gibi dönemin tirajı yüksek gazetelerinden faydalanmak suretiyle ortaya koymaktır.

Article Details

Grand Vizier Talat Pasha in Turkish Press (3 January 1917 - 10 November 1918)

Authors:

İlyas Ak

Publisher:

Selcuk University

Main Topics:

Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Tarihi

Journal:

Selçuk Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi Issue 58, pp.351-378

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

8/2023

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001297100

pISSN:

1300-5766

Talât Pasha

Turkish Press

First World War

Grand Vizier

Union and Progress SocietyTalât Paşa

Türk Basını

Birinci Dünya Savaşı

Sadrazam

İttihat ve Terakkî Cemiyeti.

Issues

Article Details

Authors: İlyas Ak

Publisher: Selcuk University

Main Topics: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Tarihi

Journal: Selçuk Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi Issue 58, pp.351-378

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 8/2023

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2001297100

pISSN: 1300-5766

Issues

Authors:

İlyas Ak

Publisher:

Selcuk University

Main Topics:

Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Tarihi

Journal:

Selçuk Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi Issue 58, pp.351-378

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

8/2023

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001297100

pISSN:

1300-5766