Role of France in Solution of the “Eastern Questions” and Its Influence on Ottoman-French Relations (XVIII-XIX)

Abstract

In the period of XVIII-XIX centuries, in the course of solving the "Eastern questions", France, as well as the other European imperialist countries, had particularly political principles, and interfered in the internal affairs of political and economic weakened Ottoman Empire. In the nineteenth century, in the division of the territory of the Ottoman Empire between the other European empires to address the "Eastern questions", France also had its own political plans. This article discusses the role of France in solving "Eastern questions", which became the core of the major political problems in international relations and its influence on Ottoman-French political relations. The main scientific objective of this paper is to study the political relations between the Ottoman Empire and France during the emergence of political factors in order to solve the political problems in the framework of the "Eastern questions" in the period of XVIII-XIX centuries.