Efforts of the British Empire to Build a State in Iraq After the First World War
This study searches for the policies carried out by the British Empire in Mesopotamia where the British invaded during the First World War. However, it will be convenient to know the political, social and economic background of Iraq or Mesopotamia as a general outline to understand the period clea...
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| Language: | English |
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2014-12-01
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| Series: | Gazi Akademik Bakış |
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| Online Access: | http://www.gaziakademikbakis.com/index.php/gab/article/view/238/212 |
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| Summary: | This study searches for the policies carried out by the British Empire in Mesopotamia where the British
invaded during the First World War. However, it will be convenient to know the political, social and
economic background of Iraq or Mesopotamia as a general outline to understand the period clearly.
Therefore, we have primarily tried to explain the overview of pre-invasion in Iraq. The traditional social
structure of the Iraqi population and their relationship with the administration and each other have been
questioned in the context of national identity. Then the developments in Iraq after the invasion have been
discussed.The strategies which the Britain used to rule Iraq and the public’s reaction to this strategy have
been investigated. In this context, the facts and the events such as the Mandate, 1920 Arab Revolt, the
Cairo Conference of 1921 and the Kingdom of Iraq have been focused. It has been endeavored to per-form an analysis to understand the present problems in Iraq by discussing the cause and effect relations
of the facts and the events. The research has been prepared by benefiting from a rich bibliography based
on the scientific works of the experts for Iraq and the Middle East. As a result, this research has revealed
the difficulties in ruling Iraq both internally and externally due to its sui generis political, social and
economic conditions and found out that the mistakes made in the nation building process have caused
the instability occured at the present time in the country. |
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| ISSN: | 1307-9778 1307-9778 |