Abstract
By utilizing published and unpublished speeches, memoranda, and letters, this article examines Churchill’s influence on Anglo Turkish relations during the Second World War resituating Churchill in the diplomatic history of Anglo-Turkish relations. By exploring Churchill’s nineteenth-century youth and background, this article will reveal that Churchill attitudes and views of an Anglo/Turkish alliance in the Second World War was shaped by the context of nineteenth-century geostrategic politics like the ‘Great Game’ and the ‘Eastern Question’.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 872-895 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Keywords
- Winston Churchill
- Turkey
- World War Two
- strategy
- diplomatic history
- eastern question
- neutrality
