10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALEXANDRETTA»
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Alexandretta in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Jews, Turks, Ottomans: A Shared History, Fifteenth Through ...
During an earlier dispute, mariners and assistant consuls in Alexandretta had
instigated the difficulties. In 1652, however, the crisis began in Aleppo, but soon
also encompassed Alexandretta. The customer not only blocked the departure of
...
2
Turkey Beyond Nationalism: Towards Post-Nationalist Identities
Chapter. 7. The. exodus. of. Armenians. from. the. Sanjak. of. Alexandretta. in. the
. 1930s. Bern. A. Pekesen. In the Ottoman Empire, which was characterized by
ethnic, religious, linguistic and cultural diversity, the formation of the nation state ...
3
Allenby and British Strategy in the Middle East 1917-1919
44The final decision takenonthe Alexandretta landing was that any chanceof an
attack behind Turkishlines would depend on Allenby'sland offensive.On
10October 1917 Hankey recorded in his diary that in the War Cabinetthe'
proposal isfor ...
4
Curzon and British Imperialism in the Middle East 1916-1919
The latter place,ashe impliedon19 March,might be leftto Germanyasa meansof
offsetting Russian power.49 More importantly, whilst there wasno obvious
dissensionfrom Kitchener's view that Alexandretta lay outside, or was not
essential to, ...
5
Islamic Roots of Capitalism: Egypt, 1760-1840
Thus, if we imagine that al- Attar left Alexandretta in 1807/ 1222 and that he had
given a number of lessons over a period of time, we may postulate that he was in
Alexandretta at least during 1806-1807/1221-1222.4 If he had given us a clearer
...
6
The Ottoman City Between East and West: Aleppo, Izmir, and ...
Alexandretta held another advantage in that it was under the direct administration
of the governors in Aleppo. Despite imperial orders to the contrary, they generally
looked the other way as the Europeans off-loaded their goods in the bay.
Edhem Eldem, Daniel Goffman, Bruce Masters, 1999
7
Kitchener's War: British Strategy from 1914-1916
Instead, he confined his case to Alexandretta and Mesopotamia. Kitchener, who
on March 10 had stated that the acquisition of Alexandretta was necessary for the
defense of Egypt,15 now had a different explanation: The question of a British ...
8
Muddle of the Middle East
No history of the constitutional struggle in Syria will be complete without an
account of the separation of the Sanjak of Alexandretta (Iskanderun) from Syria
and its absorption by the Turkish Republic. After the distribution of the mandates
at San ...
Nikshoy C. Chatterji, 1973
9
Turkey: Challenges of Continuity and Change
Eventually a more favourable payment agreement for Turkey was signed in April
1933.21 The most significant issue with France, however, was related to the
sancak (district) of Iskandarun or Alexandretta (later renamed Hatay, land of the ...
Meliha Benli Altunışık, Özlem Tür, 2005
10
In the Anglo-Arab Labyrinth: The McMahon-Husayn ...
In January 1915, Churchill conceived the plan of forcing the Straits at the
Dardanelles. Included in his plan was a simultaneous attack on Alexandretta. Its
purpose was that in case the attack on the Dardanelles failed, it could be
represented as ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALEXANDRETTA»
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Alexandretta is used in the context of the following news items.
Hugh Roberts
And then, in 1939, the French ceded the Alexandretta (Iskenderun) district – comprising about 40 per cent of what was left of Syria's coastline – to Turkey, which ... «London Review of Books, Jul 15»
Book Excerpt: “Syria Burning”
I began in Alexandretta, the seaside northern province that France ceded to Turkey in 1939, on my way south through modern Syria to Lebanon ... «WhoWhatWhy / RealNewsProject, Jul 15»
Darkness Descends on Palmyra
There we hired a taxi driver to take us forty kilometers down the coast to Iskenderum (once known as Alexandretta, and a city that Winston ... «Intifada Palestine, Jun 15»
More Than 320000 People Killed In Syrian Conflict So Far
... al Shabiha, pro-regime informers and the 'Syrian resistance to liberate the Sanjak of Alexandretta'; 2844 pro- regime Shia militiamen from ... «London South East, Jun 15»
Analysis: Syria's disintegration - the death of Arab nationalism?
In 1926, the French tore off western Syria and formed Lebanon, with its large concentration of Christians; the province of Alexandretta on the ... «i24news, Jun 15»
From Barbary corsairs to people-traffickers: the violence of the …
... theory against the experiences of sea captains (who were agreed that the accepted distance from Marseille to Alexandretta was exaggerated ... «Spectator.co.uk, May 15»
Hollywood star Nicole Kidman plays our answer to Lara Croft in new …
... book Syria: The Desert and the Sown, published in 1907, she described visits to the likes of Damascus, Jerusalem, Beirut and Alexandretta. «Sunderland Echo, May 15»
How the Armenians came to live among Arabs
... in mixed areas where there were small pre-existing Armenian communities, such as Alexandretta, Aleppo, Beirut, Damascus and Jerusalem. «Yahoo! Maktoob News, Apr 15»
Street names get the poppy treatment
... the former associated with Field Marshall Horatio Herbert Kitchener, who proposed an invasion of Alexandretta, Turkey by Anzac troops, and ... «Timaru Herald, Apr 15»
Arthur Leonard Smith fought in WW1 with brother Stanley. Neither …
impression is that we shall go to either Marseilles, Constantinople or Alexandretta. All letters are to be censored after this mail. Monday March ... «The Daily Telegraph, Apr 15»
