Our Faculty's History Department Assistant Professor Doctor Resul Yavuz's book titled "While the Middle East Is Taking Shape (England- Sharif Hussein- Ibn Saud)" was Published

Our Faculty's History Department Assistant Professor Doctor Resul Yavuz's book titled "While the Middle East Is Taking Shape (England- Sharif Hussein- Ibn Saud)" was published.

The book is about the events that took place between 1911-1918, which was a very important period in the shaping of the Middle East, on the basis of Britain's relations with the Emir of Makkah Sharif Hussein and the Necid Emir Abdulaziz Ibn Saud in the Arabian Peninsula. During the First World War, while fighting with the Ottoman Empire on the fronts on the one hand, on the other hand, in order to collapse the Ottoman Empire from inside, the British Empire increased their relations with the Arab tribes in the Persian Gulf and Arabia geography. Two important figures came to the fore in these relations: Sharif Hussein and Ibn Saud. Many details within this network of relationships that have not come to light until today are presented to the attention of the reader in this work.

It is aimed to attract the attention of the reader to this region of the Middle East by searching for answers to certain questions: "Why was the Persian Gulf important for Britain since the First World War? What kind of relationship was maintained between the localized Arab leaders in this region and Britain? What pressure did Britain need to put on the local tribes in order to prevent other imperialist states from coming to the region? To what extent did Sharif Hussein and Ibn Saud play a role in shaping the Middle East during the war years? What role did England find suitable for them, and how far? While the war was going on, what solution did Britain find in order not to clash between Sharif Hussein and Ibn Saud, who never got along? Why couldn't Britain prevent the relentless clashes of these two important leaders that influenced the shaping of Arabia that started after the war?”

We congratulate our esteemed professor for this successful work and wish him continued success.