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Adnan Harun Yahya

declared their independence the deal was broken. When Mahmud II also re-

fused to give the governorship of Damascus to Muhammad Ali Pasha, the so-

called 'Egypt problem' ensued. French sided with Egypt, while British re-
mained neutral. These developments prompted the Ottomans to sign a pact
of non-aggression and alliance, the Treaty of Hünkar İskelesi, with the Rus-

sians in 1833.

Concerned that it might be losing the Ottomans to the Russians, the

British deep state enlisted the help of France to protest the treaty. It even went
as far as sending one British fleet to Izmir. With Austria's help, it managed

to convince the Tsar to withdraw from the treaty and promised the Ottomans

Pyotr Nikolayevich Gruzinsky's paint-
ing depicts the Circassians as they
leave their villages with Russian
forces in pursuit. 1872. The State
Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg.