1. THE PRE-NINETEENTH CENTURY OTTOMAN ECONOMY Economic Mentality Economic Disintegration Why the Ottoman Economy Could Not Industrialize Industrialization Efforts in the Nineteenth Century Foreign Influence on Ottoman Economic Thought The 1838 Anglo-Ottoman Trade Convention The Impact of Trade Agreements on Trade and Industry 2. FOREIGN CAPITAL: BORROWING First Attempts at Borrowing The Persistence of the Financial Crisis and Foreign Loans The Road to Bankruptcy The Ottoman Public Debt Administration The Distribution of Foreign Debt by Countries 3. FOREIGN CAPITAL: DIRECT INVESTMENTS Motives for Foreign Direct Investments Capital Exporting Countries 4. THE DISTRIBUTION OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT BY SECTORS Railways Banks and Insurance Companies Ports and Docks Urban Services Mining Industry and Trade 5. FOREIGN INVESTMENT POLICY AND POLITICAL RISK The Ottoman Attitude towards Foreign Capital Political Risk 6. CONCLUDING REMARKS
Drawing from key speeches on foreign trade policy, personal journals and popular publications, Geyikdagi provides unique insight into the network of foreign investors and politicians that lay behind the channels of direct investment within the ailing Ottoman Empire.
V. Necla Geyikdagu is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at Yeditepe University in Istanbul. She holds a PhD in International Business from the University of Bradford and has been published in numerous journals including Middle Eastern Studies, Management International Review, RISEC, Transnational Corporations and the Journal of Asia Pacific Business.
'I have taught the history of the late Ottoman Empire and the Middle East in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries for many years, and have been frustrated by the fact that there is still no suitable book that discusses the political economy of the region - Necla Geyikdagi's book fills a huge gap. It will serve admirably for both use in a variety of courses as well as for any intelligent reader who wants to understand the political economy of the late Ottoman Empire, or indeed of the developing world.' - Feroz Ahmad, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Massachusetts, currently affiliated to Yeditepe University; 'Dr. Necla Geyikdagi's Foreign Investment in the Ottoman Empire is a great achievement. It encompasses cutting edge original work of interest to a variety of disciplines such as history, political science, international relations, international finance, economics and business. This book is the first of its kind to give a detailed breakdown of foreign investments in terms of investing countries and industries - The economic structure of the Ottoman economy is clearly and solidly explained. The factors attracting foreign investment and their target industries have been analyzed in detail. The part on political risk is definitely a 'must read' for anyone interested in the field. I would strongly recommend this book to my peers and to my students who seek to get a good and lasting knowledge about the evolution of the field.' - Professor Sirousse Tabriztchi, Chairman of Department of Finance, Risk Management and Business Economics, State University of New York
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