The Analysis of the Sea Trade of the UK-Flagged Ships between the Mediterranean and Istanbul [1821-28] Akdeniz İskeleleri ve İstanbul Arasında İngiltere Bandıralı Gemilerin Deniz Ticaretinin Analizi [1821-28]
Osmanli Medeniyeti Arastirmalari Dergisi, cilt.2025, sa.26, ss.293-324, 2025 (Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 2025 Sayı: 26
- Basım Tarihi: 2025
- Doi Numarası: 10.21021/osmed.1633479
- Dergi Adı: Osmanli Medeniyeti Arastirmalari Dergisi
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.293-324
- Anahtar Kelimeler: England trade, Istanbul trade, Mediterranean trade, sea trade, sea transportation
- Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
This article analyzes the commercial voyages and goods carried by British-flagged ships from Mediterranean ports to Istanbul and from Istanbul to Mediterranean ports, whose commercial activities in the Levant and the Mediterranean gained volume and momentum in the early 19th century. Another secondary purpose is to provide researchers with an organized data set from a voluminous archival source. The fundamental question of the study can be formulated as to what the voyages of the British-flagged ships on the Istanbul-Mediterranean mutual route looked like and what goods they carried on these voyages. To achieve this goal and solve the question, the voyages of 409 ships navigating between İstanbul and Mediterranean ports and the assortment and quantities of the goods they carried were studied and interpreted. The original data on these voyages and the articles of trade carried in these voyages were included in the archival book of Sefine defteri, classified as BOA. DVN. DVE. d. 37/3 and preserved in the Presidential Ottoman Archive of İstanbul. The probable result of the study is that British ships based in Istanbul carried out transportation on five types of voyages. The goods they received from Istanbul usually consisted of raw materials. In contrast, the goods they brought to Istanbul consisted partly of finished goods and those needed within the Ottoman Empire. It should be noted that the results obtained from the study, due to time and region limitations, do not allow making generalizations and thus should be regarded as a sample.