XX Yüzyıl Başlarında İngiliz ve Fransız Yayılmacılığı Bağlamında Suriye’nin Oluşumu ve Bugün İçin Bazı Dersler The Formation of the Syria in the context of English and French Colonial Expansion

In this work, formation of the Syria, one of the most strategic locations of the Middle East, at the beginning of 20th century has been investigated. The area which counted as the intersection of the trade ways between very important territories like Egypt, Arabia, and Anatolian was possessed by Ottomans till the beginning of 20th century. However, with Ottoman’s entering the regression period the Western States, especially England and France, started to develop various strategies for sharing the Syria. With that purpose they supported the growing movement of nationalism and provocated local people against Ottomans’ existence in that area. Our work aims to analyze the causes of today’s battles more correctly by mainly investigating the formation of the Syria beginning from that period.