A tale of two railways and the Reuter family

UÇAN C.

MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES, cilt.55, sa.1, ss.22-32, 2019 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 55 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/00263206.2018.1485658
  • Dergi Adı: MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.22-32
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Reuter Concession, Falkenhagen Concession, Russian-British Conflict, Greek Railway Concession, Piraeus-Larissa Line, Ottoman Railway
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the influence of Baron Julius de Reuter and his famous agency, Reuters, was evident in his and his family's investments around the world. By looking at the histories of the Reuter Concession and the Greek Railway Concession, this work aims to offer insight into the international politics of certain governments and the value of news as a commodity at the time. The Reuter Concession illustrates part of the British-Russian conflict over Persia while the Greek Railway Concession demonstrates British policy toward the Ottoman Empire and Greco-Ottoman relations.