British Trade in he Port of Salonica as Based on the Trade Reports of the British Consulate in Salonica (1865-1912)

Year 2023, Volume: 8 Issue: 1, 89 - 136, 26.03.2023

Nimet Ayşe Aksoy

https://doi.org/10.24186/vakanuvis.1250226

Abstract

The geographical location of the port of Salonica made it a way station on the trade routes connecting the Middle East, the Black Sea, North Africa, and the Balkans. The British began to trade in Salonica, which had an active commercial activity since the seventeenth century, with commercial purposes more frequently from the beginning of the eighteenth century onwards. With the opening of the British consulate in Salonica in 1718, British merchants, freed from the protection of French consuls, continued their commercial activities under better conditions. It was also the first time a steamship docked at the port of Salonica, again through the British. Especially from the 1860s onwards, the British role in Salonica's trade increased in shipping, imports, and exports. As a consumer of the grain and industrial agricultural products of the Salonica hinterland, Britain imported several goods to the port of Salonica, mainly cotton yarn and textiles, but also bedsteads and sacks. In addition to imports and exports, the British were also very active in transportation in the port of Salonica. This study aims to analyze the commercial reports prepared by the British consuls in Salonica to analyze the extent of British shipping and trade in the port of Salonica.

Keywords

Port of Salonica, British trade, Imports, Exports, Shipping

Selanik İngiliz Konsolosluğu Ticaret Raporlarına Göre Selanik Limanında İngiliz Ticareti (1865-1912)

Abstract

Selanik limanı, coğrafî konumu itibariyle Orta Doğu, Karadeniz, Kuzey Afrika ve Balkanları birbirine bağlayan ticaret yollarının üzerinde bir ara istasyondur. İngilizler, XVII. yüzyıldan beri aktif bir ticarete sahip olan Selanik’e XVIII. yüzyılın başından itibaren ticarî amaçla daha sık gelmeye başlamışlardır. 1718’de Selanik’te İngiliz konsolosluğunun açılmasıyla Fransız konsoloslarının himayesinden kurtulan İngiliz tüccarlar daha iyi şartlarda ticarî faaliyetlerini sürdürmüşlerdir. Selanik limanına ilk buharlı geminin yanaşması yine İngilizler vasıtasıyla gerçekleşmiştir. Özellikle 1860’lı yıllardan itibaren Selanik ticaretinde İngiliz payı hem gemicilik hem ithalat hem de ihracat boyutuyla artış kaydetmiştir. Selanik hinterlandının tahıl ve endüstriyel tarım ürünlerinin alıcısı olan Britanya, Selanik limanına pamuklu iplik ve tekstil başta olmak üzere karyoladan çuvala kadar çok çeşitte ürünler ithal etmiştir. İthalat ve ihracatın yanısıra Selanik limanında İngilizler oldukça aktif bir taşımacılık da yapmıştır.
Bu çalışmada, Britanya’nın Selanik’te görevli konsoloslarının hazırlamış oldukları ticaret raporlarına göre Selanik limanındaki İngiliz gemiciliğinin ve ticaretinin boyutları ele alınmaktadır.

Keywords

Selanik Limanı, İngiliz ticareti, Makedonya, ithalat, ihracat, gemicilik

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