One of the aims of conducting history studies is to examine the words that the historical sources use to describe a certain historical event and to analyze the sociological and psychological meanings that the sources attribute to the respective events. The…
While the Western Front of First World War has been studied from various aspects, the other fronts of the war were neglected in the historiography. The studies on the Caucasian Front of the war concentrated on military movements and various massacres that…
This paper deals with the events in Ordu, a town-district in Trabzon Province, between 1914 and 1918 during the world war. In parallel to the Russian occupation of the eastern Black Sea, Ordu witnessed to the greatest population explosion, security and…
During the World War I, Rize, Artvin and central districts of Trabzon Province were invaded by the Russians, and Harşit Stream became the western border of this invasion. The military and logistic needs of the Turkish army, which was deployed on the West of…
At the beginning of 1915, the activities of the warships that belonged to the Russian Navy in Rize and thereabouts. With the emergence of the Russian Navy in the region, the intelligence received from the watchmen was sent to the Province of Trabzon and then…
A big section of the vilayet (province) of Trabzon was subjected to Russian occupation alongwith other Eastern Anatolian vilayets (provinces) during the First World War. Following the end of the war, the Red Crescent Society (Hilal-i Ahmer) dispatched relief…
World War I, that broke out a century ago, has been the most destructive and most extensive war throughout history. In addition to the downfall of the political, social, economic and structural qualities of the states, the greatest damage was to humankind…
In the first months following the breakout of the world war, the Russian army began to invade the eastern Anatolia soon after the collapse of Sarikamish Front. From the beginnings of 1918 following the military operation done to Erzurum overland and to…
World War I is of great significance for the eastern Black Sea, especially during 1916-1918. Throughout these two years the region was occupied by the Russians and involved in the social, political and economic activities. These activities done for the…
Book Review
Yakov Kefeli, ANILAR (1916-1919) Tercüme eden: Erdoğan Altınkaynak, Türk Tarih Kurumu, Ankara 2013, 218 sayfa. ISBN: 987-975-16-2597-7. Ahmet Köksal
The remarkable political events of the 19 th century led to a bloody world war. In the war that broke out in 1914, the Ottoman Empire as a member of the Allied Troops first fought in the Kafkas Front. Yet, the defeats taken in this front and the fact that the…