University of Galway History Research Seminar: Ireland in the Ottoman press, 1914-1918

University of Galway History Research Seminar

Ireland in the Ottoman press, 1914-1918 

Dr Merve Doğan Kader

Abstract
In this study the news about Ireland in the Ottoman press between 1914-1918, that is, during the First World War, is analysed. In the first months of 1914, it is seen that the Curragh Incident was reported in detail in the Ottoman newspapers. After the outbreak of the war, the press of the Ottoman state, which was one of the Central Powers, included news about Britain and the Entente states, which were its enemies.  Therefore, both the Home Rule Bill and other events in Ireland were reported in the newspapers at the end of 1914 and throughout 1915. It is observed that the most news about Ireland during the war appeared in 1916. The reason for this was the Easter Rising in Ireland.  Ottoman newspapers covered every detail about the Easter Rising and supported the Irish in this matter. Throughout 1917 and 1918, the rise of Sinn Fein following the Easter Rising was frequently emphasised and the measures taken by the British on the island were highly criticised.

Speaker Biography
Dr Merve Doğan Kader is a lecturer in History at Biruni University. She completed her PhD at Celal Bayar University in 2021. She has written in Turkish and in English on Irish relations with the Ottoman Empire, including an article (with Seán Patrick Smyth) in History Ireland (2020) on Kemalist support for the Irish War of Independence.

Registration

This is an in-person event, in Room G010, Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway (ground floor). For those of you not able to attend in person, the talk will also be streamed on Zoom: https://universityofgalway-ie.zoom.us/j/92995054484.

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This talk is part of the University of Galway History Seminar series and organised jointly with the Centre for the Study of Religion at the Moore Institute.

Image: Detail from Ralph Stockman Tarr and Frank Morton McMurry, New Introductory Geography (MacMillan, 1916), p. 152, via Wikimedia Commons: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1916_political_map_of_Europe.jpg