Turning point of Turkish-Arab relations a case study on the Hijaz revolt

Abstract

This artiele aims at providing an historical analysis of the Hijaz Revolt (19 i6) which was led by the Emir of Mecca Sharif Husayn against the Ottoman Empire and which can be considered the tuming point of TurkishArab relations in the 20'h century. The main argument of this artiele is that although it opened a new phase in the course of Turkish -Arab relations and was marked as a traumatic moment in the social memory of the Turkish people, the Hijaz Revolt does not represent an overwhelming expression of an Arab or IsIamic sentiment against the Ottoman Empire. It was rather a local reaction which took advantage of the general state of the Great War and the imperialist designs of the British in the Middle East, and which used the religion as an instrument to legitimise itself in the eyes of the Islamic world. KEYWORDSHijaz Revolt, Turkish -Arab relations, World War I, the Ottoman Empire, British imperialism in the Middle East. 98

Ageing brain and geopolitical leadership: a bio-psycho-sociological approach to the fall of Sharif of Mecca Husayn bin Ali, 1908–1924

“…What is important is that two events triggered a response in the biology-culture-environment relationship and this had consequences from 1917 onwards: The policy of centralization and secularization of the Ottomans . The revolution of the Young Turks took place in 1908, the same year in which Husayn was appointed as Sharif (Yesilyurt 2006). The Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) maintained two general principles of government that were detrimental to Sharif: (1.1.)…”