Ottoman Diplomacy

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction

   • A. Nuri Yurdusev

   Pages 1-4

3. The Ottoman Attitude toward Diplomacy

   • A. Nuri Yurdusev

   Pages 5-35

4. Early Ottoman Diplomacy: Ad Hoc Period

   • Bülent Arı

   Pages 36-65

5. A Case Study in Renaissance Diplomacy: the Agreement between Innocent VIII and Bayezid II on Djem Sultan

   • Halil İnalcık

   Pages 66-88

6. Ottoman Diplomacy at Karlowitz

   • Rifa’at Ali Abou-El-Haj

   Pages 89-113

7. Diplomatic Integration with Europe before Selim III

   • G. R. Berridge

   Pages 114-130

8. The Adoption and Use of Permanent Diplomacy

   • Ömer Kürkçüoǧlu

   Pages 131-150

9. Dragomans and Oriental Secretaries in the British Embassy in Istanbul

   • G. R. Berridge

   Pages 151-166

10. Studying Ottoman Diplomacy: a Review of the Sources

    • Esin Yurdusev

    Pages 167-193

11. Back Matter

    Pages 194-202

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This book provides a general understanding of Ottoman diplomacy in relation to the modern international system. The origins of Ottoman diplomacy have been traced back to the Islamic tradition and Byzantine Inner Asian heritage. The Ottomans regarded diplomacy as an institution of the modern international system. They established resident ambassadors and the basic institutions and structure of diplomacy. The book concludes with a review of the legacy of Ottoman diplomacy.

• Diplomacy
• Europe
• Renaissance

• Department of International Relations, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

  A. Nuri Yurdusev

RIFA'AT ALI ABOU-EL-HAJ Professor of History, Binghampton University, State University of New York, USA BÜLENT ARI Bilkent University, Turkey G.R. BERRIDGE Emeritus Professor of Politics, Leicester University, UK HALIL INALCIK Professor of Ottoman History, Bilkent University, Turkey ÖMER KÜRKÇÜOGLU Professor of Diplomatic History, Ankara University, Turkey ESIN YURDUSEV Lecturer, Middle East Technical University, Turkey

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