The Impact of the MacDonald Disarmament Proposal (1933) on Anglo-Turkish Relations: Turkey's Europeanness and the Straits Issue

İrşat Sarıalioğlu

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The Impact of the MacDonald Disarmament Proposal (1933) on Anglo-Turkish Relations: Turkey's Europeanness and the Straits Issue

Yazarlar:

İrşat Sarıalioğlu

Yayıncı:

Anadolu University

Ana Başlıklar:

Türk Dış Politikası | Uluslararası Güvenlik | Avrupa Siyasi Tarihi

Dergi:

Anadolu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.23 Issue 4, pp.1415-1438

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001306372

pISSN:

2667-8683

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 The MacDonald proposal which was submitted by England to the Geneva Disarmament Conference in 1933 is one of the important disarmament projects that emerged in the interwar period. The aim of this study is to determine the impacts of the MacDonald proposal on Anglo-Turkish relations and to analyze them within the historical framework. As a result of the analysis of primary sources, it has been determined that the MacDonald project revealed important outcomes in bilateral relations. The first of these is that the Anglo-Turkish relations, which were in the process of rapprochement, were dragged into a diplomatic crisis within the framework of Turkeys Europeanness and international prestige, right after the announcement of the project. Secondly and more importantly, the project brings the Straits Issue back to the center of Anglo-Turkish relations. Another significant finding is that Turkey made the first amendment request to the Lausanne Straits Convention at the Geneva Disarmament Meeting within the scope of the MacDonald project and with reference to some of the possibilities and security concerns that the project revealed. The processes and arguments that produced these results were analyzed within the framework of Turkish and British archival documents as well as the proposal text. In the study, besides archival documents, the press of the period and related literature were used for the purposes of analysis.

 The MacDonald proposal which was submitted by England to the Geneva Disarmament Conference in 1933 is one of the important disarmament projects that emerged in the interwar period. The aim of this study is to determine the impacts of the MacDonald proposal on Anglo-Turkish relations and to analyze them within the historical framework. As a result of the analysis of primary sources, it has been determined that the MacDonald project revealed important outcomes in bilateral relations. The first of these is that the Anglo-Turkish relations, which were in the process of rapprochement, were dragged into a diplomatic crisis within the framework of Turkeys Europeanness and international prestige, right after the announcement of the project. Secondly and more importantly, the project brings the Straits Issue back to the center of Anglo-Turkish relations. Another significant finding is that Turkey made the first amendment request to the Lausanne Straits Convention at the Geneva Disarmament Meeting within the scope of the MacDonald project and with reference to some of the possibilities and security concerns that the project revealed. The processes and arguments that produced these results were analyzed within the framework of Turkish and British archival documents as well as the proposal text. In the study, besides archival documents, the press of the period and related literature were used for the purposes of analysis.

 The MacDonald proposal which was submitted by England to the Geneva Disarmament Conference in 1933 is one of the important disarmament projects that emerged in the interwar period. The aim of this study is to determine the impacts of the MacDonald proposal on Anglo-Turkish relations and to analyze them within the historical framework. As a result of the analysis of primary sources, it has been determined that the MacDonald project revealed important outcomes in bilateral relations. The first of these is that the Anglo-Turkish relations, which were in the process of rapprochement, were dragged into a diplomatic crisis within the framework of Turkeys Europeanness and international prestige, right after the announcement of the project. Secondly and more importantly, the project brings the Straits Issue back to the center of Anglo-Turkish relations. Another significant finding is that Turkey made the first amendment request to the Lausanne Straits Convention at the Geneva Disarmament Meeting within the scope of the MacDonald project and with reference to some of the possibilities and security concerns that the project revealed. The processes and arguments that produced these results were analyzed within the framework of Turkish and British archival documents as well as the proposal text. In the study, besides archival documents, the press of the period and related literature were used for the purposes of analysis.

 İngilterenin 1933 yılında Cenevre Silahsızlanma Konferansına sunduğu ve dönemin Başbakanı James Ramsay MacDonaldın adıyla anılan tasarı, iki savaş arası dönemde ortaya çıkan önemli silahsızlanma projelerinden biridir. Bu çalışmanın amacı MacDonald tasarısının Türk İngiliz ilişkilerine olan etkilerini tespit etmek ve tarihsel çerçeve içerisinde anlamlandırmaktır. Çalışma içerisinde birincil kaynaklar üzerinden yapılan araştırmalar neticesinde MacDonald projesinin Türk-İngiliz ilişkilerinde önemli sonuçlar ortaya çıkardığı tespit edilmiştir. Bunlardan ilki projenin ilanının hemen ardından yakınlaşma sürecindeki Türk-İngiliz ilişkilerinin Türkiyenin Avrupalılığı ve uluslararası prestiji çerçevesinde diplomatik bir krize sürüklenmesidir. İkincisi ve daha da önemlisi ise projenin Boğazlar meselesini tekrardan Türk-İngiliz ilişkilerinin merkezine taşımasıdır. Ayrıca çalışmanın tespitlerinden biri de Türkiyenin Cenevre Silahsızlanma Toplantısında Lozan Boğazlar Sözleşmesine yönelik ilk değişiklik talebini, MacDonald projesi kapsamında ve projenin ortaya çıkardığı bazı imkân ve güvenlik endişelerine atıfla ortaya koyduğudur. Çalışma içerisinde bu sonuçları ortaya çıkaran süreç ve argümanlar, proje metninin yanı sıra Türk ve İngiliz arşiv belgeleri çerçevesinde analiz edilmiştir. Çalışmada arşiv belgelerinin yanı sıra dönemin basınından ve ilgili literatürden yararlanılmıştır.

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The Impact of the MacDonald Disarmament Proposal (1933) on Anglo-Turkish Relations: Turkey's Europeanness and the Straits Issue

Yazarlar:

İrşat Sarıalioğlu

Yayıncı:

Anadolu University

Ana Başlıklar:

Türk Dış Politikası | Uluslararası Güvenlik | Avrupa Siyasi Tarihi

Dergi:

Anadolu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.23 Issue 4, pp.1415-1438

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001306372

pISSN:

2667-8683

Anglo-Turkish Relations

Disarmament

Interwar Period

Türkish Foreign Policy

Europeanness

The StraitsTürk İngiliz İlişkileri

Silahsızlanma

İki Savaş Arası Dönem

Türk Dış Politikası

Avrupalılık

Boğazlar

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: İrşat Sarıalioğlu

Yayıncı: Anadolu University

Ana Başlıklar: Türk Dış Politikası | Uluslararası Güvenlik | Avrupa Siyasi Tarihi

Dergi: Anadolu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.23 Issue 4, pp.1415-1438

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 12/2023

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001306372

pISSN: 2667-8683

Sayı

Yazarlar:

İrşat Sarıalioğlu

Yayıncı:

Anadolu University

Ana Başlıklar:

Türk Dış Politikası | Uluslararası Güvenlik | Avrupa Siyasi Tarihi

Dergi:

Anadolu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.23 Issue 4, pp.1415-1438

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001306372

pISSN:

2667-8683