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The British described themselves as "the oldest friend" of the Ottomans - but this was never true. At times it was valuable to Britain to support the Ottoman Empire against Russian encroachment, however by the end of the 19th century successive British Governments had begun to sponsor the dismemberment of the Empire. British public opinion and political pressure groups portrayed the Ottomans in universally defamatory terms, affecting the diplomatic actions of politicians. Politicians themselves harbored deep prejudices against the Turks and Islam. The result, through numerous incidents, was British pressure to dismember the Ottoman Empire. Treaty provisions guaranteeing Ottoman territorial integrity were ignored. Christian countries and Christian minorities were supported, even when Muslims in those countries were being killed and forced from their lands. British leaders even refused to publish consular reports that described the oppression of Muslims which would have given the lie to press reports of evil Turks. Drawing upon decades of archival research, Justin McCarthy shows how the British were anything but friends to the Ottomans.
Contents
Book I. Broken Promises
1. The British and the Ottoman Armenians
2. The British Plan for the Armenians
3. Crete and the 1897 War
4. Macedonia
5. British Politicians and Macedonia
6. Ottoman Revolution, Italian War
7. The Balkan Wars
8. The Inspectorates
9. World War
Book II. The Final Confrontation.
10. The Paris Peace Conference
11. The Smyrna Commission
12. Britain, France, and Italy
13. Creating Resistance - Mustafa Kemal
14. The Treaty of Sèvres
15. At War with the Turks
16. Kurds and Armenians
17. The Fall of Venizelos - Neutrality.
18. Sakarya.
19. Chanak.
20. Lausanne.
