Abstract
The relations between the United States and the Ottoman Empire, which were quite distant from each other, started with a commercial treaty on May 7, 1830 and continued almost until the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. During this period, the Ottoman Empire entered the process of a constitutional parliament twice. The first period lasted between 1876-1878, the second between 1908-1920. The article examines trade between 1908 and 1914, the first period of the Second Constitutional Era. The reason why the study ended in 1914 is that the Ottoman Empire was involved in World War I in 1914 and its international trade almost came to an end. The article examines the declaration of the Second Constitutional Era, the dethronement of Sultan Abdulhamid II, the changing commercial conditions along with politics, an Ottoman Empire open to different experiences, and commercial relations with America, which was looking for markets in this environment. Since the Ottoman sources were insufficient, especially American consular reports and news from the American Trade Journal “Levant Trade Review” were used in the preparation of this study.
Keywords: İkinci Meşrutiyet, Amerika, Sultan II. Abdülhamid, Ticaret, İttihat ve Terakki
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