Page 227 - Mastermind: The Truth of the British Deep State Revealed

Adnan Harun Yahya

William Nosworthy Churchill as the first semi-official newspaper of the Ot-

toman Empire. Although from the outside it appeared as a journal of science
and literature and thus gathered the writers of the time under its roof, its true

purpose was shaping public opinion in favor of the political and economic
interests of the British. This point becomes even more interesting consider-

ing the fact that David Urquhart, who had served as the secretary of the
British embassy at Istanbul between 1835 and 1837, reported to the Royal

Family that he found the Ottoman Empire, which had rich natural sources
and a wide market, beneficial for British interests.

With Ceride-i Havadis, William Nosworthy Churchill tried subtly to
make the Ottoman public accept what was in favor of the British interests.

Indeed, a couple of years later, the Ottoman Empire began to meet the raw
material needs of British industry, and the sales of British products increased

at the expense of Ottoman industry. Turkish Cypriot scientist Niyazi Berkes
speaks of how the situation baffled the British and how they mocked the Ot-

toman statesmen for being so gullible. (The statesmen of the time are above
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such remarks)

Ceride-i Havadis (to
the side), published
by British William
Churchill during the
reign of Abdul Hamid
II, subtly tried to shift
Ottoman public opin-
ion in favor of British
interests.