A sweeping overview of the role of sacred space in the context of British policies towards Ottoman and Republican Turkey This work investigates how various sacred spaces in Ottoman and Republican Turkey interfaced with British foreign policy. It considers how these spaces impacted upon British prestige in the context of its dealings with Turkey chiefly, as well as other Great Powers. The period covered is from the demise of the Levant Company in 1825, to the deconsecration of the Crimean Memorial Church in Istanbul, in 1976. Other sacred spaces discussed include the British Embassy Chapel, the Crimean War cemeteries, various British churches and cemeteries in Izmir, the Gallipoli cemeteries, connected with the campaign of 1915, and the Phanar, the Ecumenical Patriarch's home in Istanbul.
The book considers how, and to what extent, the Foreign Office in London, and its staff in Turkey, intervened to secure those spaces, and why the politics of the Patriarchate intruded into the Foreign Office's geo-strategic considerations. It considers the limits of that support, and how dealings over sacred space intermeshed generally with British policy towards Turkey. It further explores the motives, not just of diplomats and consuls, who were instrumental in establishing or safeguarding those spaces, but also the aims of other organisations and of expatriate Britons, who were similarly involved. It also considers instances where such support became attenuated or was withdrawn. The book is unique in illuminating, in a broad fashion, the role of sacred space in the context of Anglo-Turkish relations, and British power projection in the Near East.
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An elegantly written account of the role of Sacred Spaces in the relations of Britain, a key Great Power, and Turkey. Deep research presented with a refreshing clarity and filled with fascinating vignettes. * Erik Goldstein, Professor, Boston University, USA * Sacred Space and Anglo-Turkish Relations is a masterly work, offering a fascinating and highly original account of British policy in Turkey and the wider Eastern Mediterranean. * T. G. Otte, Professor, University of East Anglia, UK *
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A sweeping overview of the role of sacred space in the context of British policies towards Ottoman and Republican Turkey
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Illustrations
Part 1: Introduction
Chapter 1: Themes
Chapter 2: Contexts
Part 2 The Evolution of the Istanbul
Chaplaincy
Chapter 3: British Protestant Life in Constantinople
Chapter 4: The clerical and diplomatic spheres
Chapter 5: Cases of difficulty, danger, and outrage
Chapter 6: Christ Church, the Crimean Memorial Church
and All Saints, Moda
Chapter 7: St Helenas, the Embassy Chapel
Chapter 8: The Combined Chaplaincy
Part 3 The Politics of the Crimean War
cemeteries in Turkey
Chapter 9: A national obligation
Chapter 10: A matter of prestige
Part 4 The Politics of Commemoration and
Worship at Smyrna
Chapter 11: Money, time and trouble
Chapter 12: Acts of desecration
Part 5 The Politics of the British Imperial War
Cemeteries at the Dardanelles
Chapter 13: Haggling over the dead
Chapter 14: Gods Acres
Chapter 15: Further Challenges on Land and at Sea
Part 6 The Foreign Office and the Politics of
the Phanar
Chapter 16: The Fruits of Schism
Chapter 17: Treading on egg-shells
Chapter 18: Harassed by pinpricks
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
John Fisher is Senior Lecturer in International History at the University of the West of England, UK. He is the author and co-editor of several books, including Religion and Diplomacy: Religion and British Foreign Policy, 1815 to 1941. He is also the author of many scholarly articles about British policy in the Middle East and North Africa.
