German ideas and expectations on expansion in the near east (1890-1915)

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2004
Deren, Seçil
This thesis analyses the pecularities of German imperialism in the Near East. The economic aspect of German imperialist policy is reflected in the Baghdad Railway Project, and the political aspect in the German support for pan-Islamism. In this thesis, it is argued that both of these policies were dominated by an anti-colonialist discourse, which formed the distinct nature of German imperialism in the Near East. In order to prove this argument, the works of advocates of German expansion in the Near East has been analysed as the main sourced of influence on the German public opinion.

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S. Deren, “German ideas and expectations on expansion in the near east (1890-1915),” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2004.