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Turkey-Russia Rapprochement and Military Coups

After the start of normalization between Turkey and Russia, and the subsequent
coup attempt on July 15, 2016, the Turkish and Russian governments stepped up their

efforts to solidify their alliance. Both countries began working on common strate-
gies with respect to regional issues, most notably those surrounding the Black Sea
region and Syria.
This alliance, based on the fact that only indigenous nations can find solutions to re-

gional problems, was a valuable step forward and had a real potential to bring the
peace longed for by the entire world. This is certainly not the first time the two na-
tions cooperated: in 1833, the Treaty of Hünkar İskelesi brought expansive military
security to both nations. Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II and Emperor Nicholas I of Rus-
sia realized that such a treaty could block the plots of third party countries, especially
of Britain. According to the treaty, if one side requested military assistance, the oth-
er would offer that help with all its resources. Furthermore, according to the classi-

fied clause of the treaty, in case of a war waged against Russia by a Western country,
the Ottoman Empire would close the Dardanelles to all warships except for those of
the Russian Navy.
Although classified, the European states acquired the classified details with the help

of John Ponsonby, the British Ambassador at Istanbul. The European threats of war
and heavy political pressure resulted in the treaty being revoked by the London Straits
Convention of 1841.

Another example of the historical Russian-Ottoman rapprochement took place dur-
ing the reign of Sultan Abdülaziz. The son of Mahmud II, Abdülaziz considered Rus-
sia a close ally and friend and started an alliance process. The Russian Ambassador
to Istanbul, Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev, played a particular role in this process. How-
ever, once again, a group of pro-British officers staged a coup and ousted Sultan Ab-
dülaziz. Unsurprisingly, the policies of the new Sultan, Abdul Hamid II, as well as
Midhat Pasha and 'English' Said Pasha, caused another war between the Ottoman Em-

pire and Russia, which ended with the death of 250,000 people.
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Similar plots and schemes continued throughout the 18 and 19 centuries and gave
rise to a total of six wars. During these wars, European countries, led by the British,
sometimes sided with the Ottomans and sometimes with the Russians. But they al-
ways prevented the two countries from being allies.
The British deep state that incited, provoked and instigated wars, sometimes acted

as the mediator in peace negotiations. Of course, the only winner of those peace ne-
gotiations was always the British deep state. Innocent people lost their lives, cities were

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