Foreign Investment in the Ottoman Empire: International Trade and Relations ... - V. Necla Geyikdagi - Google Books

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As the borders of the Ottoman Empire crumbled throughout the latter half of the nineteenth century, unprecedented amounts of foreign capital poured in from investors who were eager to capitalize on its sparsely regulated industries. Yet the abundance of…