Türk Dış Politikası Araştırmalarında İsveç Arşivlerinin (RIKSARKIVET VE KRIGSARKIVET) Önemi
The Importance of Sweden Archives (Riksarkivet and Krigsarkivet) in Turkish Foreign Policy Researches

Summary/Abstract: Archives which are important witnesses from view of history and International relations together with being strategic important such as “the memory of state assets” provide illumination of themes and their corrections through protecting state and personal rights as well as documents of the diplomatic relations. Sweden which was not involved in any war since 19 century improved relations with Ottoman Empire in diplomatic and economic areas within the neutral policy. Sweden kept a check on changes of Ottoman Empire through opening representative office in Istanbul since the period of Charles XII. The reports which were sent by Sweden diplomats and memory of diplomats visiting the Ottoman State are the main resources of Turkish Foreign Affairs researches. These resources play a significant role in writing and learning Turkish history and are situated in Sweden State Archive and Sweden Military Archive. Unfortunately, these Sweden archives were not used enough during the researching of Turkish Foreign Affairs. However, it is possible to find many documents related to the Ottoman and Sweden relations, Ottoman administration and economic, cultural and political themes since XII century. The residence of Charles XII in Ottoman State for long period and his acquaintance with Oriental culture left important traces in Sweden which are considerable nowadays. The memories which were written by Sweden diplomats and poems taken from Turkey represent a significant resource from view of Turkish diplomatic history. Because of Sweden neutral policy in Balkan Wars and World War1, they had an opportunity to closely follow the events. The aim of the article is to introduce the funds of Turkey which will constitute an important place in the Turkish foreign policy researches that are available in Swedish archives.

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