DEFENSE OF PROPERTY WITH A FOREIGN PARTNER IN THE NATIONAL STRUGGLE
MİLLİ MÜCADELE’DE YABANCI ORTAKLI BIR MÜLKİYET SAVUNMASI
Abstract
The official occupation of Istanbul by the Allied forces on March 16, 1920 put the Ottoman Empire in a dead end. While the governments in Istanbul were helpless against the impositions directed against them, the Turkish Grand National Assembly opened in Ankara on April 23, 1920 became a new center where hopes bloomed.
The fact that the Grand National Assembly of Turkey adopted the principles of the National Pact from the moment it was opened showed the difficulty and versatility of the National Struggle, as well as the necessity of this struggle to be done with internal dynamics. The relations of the Ottoman Empire with foreign states, which were more beneficial to them, were desired to be continued with the increasing appetite of these states. While foreign states sometimes obtained relations of interest directly, sometimes they maintained them through non-Muslim and sometimes Muslim local collaborators.
Infact, the issue of foreign capital or foreign investors is a practice that many economists do not oppose. However, in order to eliminate possible problems and social reactions, the desire to legitimize this relationship with the expectation of not disturbing the social balance and acting in accordance with domestic law has been one of the principles expressed by the political powers.
While establishing the Turkish Grand National Assembly to wage the war of independence, it alsolisted gettingrid of all kinds of restrictions among its main objectives. One of the objectives of the TGNA came to life with the adoption of the law on the rejection of agreements made by the governments of Istanbul after 16 March 1920, shortly after its opening, but in the same negotiations, the foreign capital partnership and the Celalettin Arif Bey-Italian partnership, which was in this partnership, started a new discussion process. How did Celalettin Arif Bey's mining partnership start, when did it start, did he make political interventions to make thingseasier? It can be seen that the assembly is very sensitive on this issue and is in an effort to learn everything in detail.
Capital, investment, earnings, country interests, expectations from foreign investment have formed the axis of this study and Celalettin Arif Bey-Italian partnership has been taken as a case study in answering these questions. In the study, the process and language of communication, persuasionability, political maneuvers were tried to be examined by making use of the speeches of the deputies and the sources related to the period.
Keywords
National Struggle, CeCelalettin Arif Bey, TBMM, Zonguldak-Eregli Coal Mine, Foreign Capital
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