İNGİLTERE VE ABD KONTROL SUBAYLARININ RAPORLARINA GÖRE KARADENİZ BÖLGESİ’NDE RUM-ERMENİ SORUNU
THE ISSUE OF RUM-ARMENIAN IN BLACK SEA REGION ACCORDING TO REPORTS OF CONTROL OFFICIER OF BRITISH AND USA

Summary/Abstract: England, as a leader of the Allies, and the USA, with having commercial interests in Black Sea were in a struggle for protecting these minorities under the name of using and controlling the truce with their High Commissioners in Istanbul and officers which they’ve sent to the region. England that willing to control the region from Black Sea to Caspian Sea by cooperating with Armenia and Georgia to create a barrier against Turks and Bolsheviks, was giving the justification as a reason that they’re protecting the Armenians and Rums, maintaining the order and safety of the community and demobilizing and disarmament the military forces in the region according to truce. Although the Armenian and Rum gangs were disturbing the peace in the area of Trabzon and surroundings, the English claimed that Christians were under pressure and they’ve sent the investigation commissions to the region for checking the situation. For the Armenian-Rum Issue, different from their state’s Turkey policies, these control officers abide by the traditional Christian sympathy, especially the clergy, information provided by non-Muslim community elders, requests and redirects the representatives of companies in the region and they prepared the reports under these circumstances. Although these reports were prejudiced, they occasionally laid bare the invalidity of the Armenians-Rums’ claims and unveiled the European state’s policy related to Black Sea Region.

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