Abstract
The Turkish policy toward the Palestinian Cause relies on a number of considerations and bases, some of which have a historical dimension which extends to more than four centuries, that is, since the victory of the Ottomans over the Mamluks in the Marj Dabiq Battle in 1516. Some other considerations relate to the big civilization depth among the people of Turkey and those of Palestine. Further, there are mutual historical, religious and cultural bonds between the two peoples. What adds to all this is the great concern of the Turkish people for the Palestinian Cause especially that which concerns the Islamic holy places. Such concern can also be related to the Turks’ attempt to politically lead and play a role in the region especially within the leadership vacuum in the Islamic World and the absence of the leading Islamic State which could adopt the nation’s causes and concerns. Some of such Turkish considerations and bases could relate to the Turkish interests in the Arabic region as a whole, something that forms a big incentive for Turkey to direct its concerns and activities toward the Arabic East and develop its economic interests in the region. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n4s1p554
Highlights
The Ottoman rule for Palestine continued for over four centuries, that is, since the Ottoman victory over Mamluks in the Battle of Marj Dabiq on 25 Rajab 922/24 August 1516, near the city of Halab in an area known as Marj Dabiq
Palestine was under the Ottoman rule which divided it into three administrative units, namely Mutasarrifate al-Quds, Mutasarrifate Nablis and Mutasarrifate Akka (Abdulmonem, 2010)
The Turkish policy toward the Palestinian Cause relies on a number of considerations and bases, some of which have a historical dimension and some others relate to the big civilization depth among the people of Turkey and those of Palestine
Summary
The Ottoman rule for Palestine continued for over four centuries, that is, since the Ottoman victory over Mamluks in the Battle of Marj Dabiq on 25 Rajab 922/24 August 1516, near the city of Halab in an area known as Marj Dabiq. Later on 20 January of the same year, the Ottoman army reached Gaza where the Ottomans led a last battle against the Mamluks under the leadership of Sinan Basha in the Sham region which completely became under the Ottoman sovereignty (Bayat, 2003) In this way, Palestine was under the Ottoman rule which divided it into three administrative units, namely Mutasarrifate al-Quds, Mutasarrifate Nablis and Mutasarrifate Akka (Abdulmonem, 2010). The Sultan Abdulhamid the Second mentioned al-Quds emphasizing its importance for the general Muslims by saying: “It is our land at all times and place; it will remain so because it is among our holy cities and lies in an Islamic land; al-Quds must remain for us” (Harb, 1989) In his reign, the Mutasarrifate al-Quds was in direct contact with the Grand Vizier in Istanbul so that he honored himself by preventing the Jewish spread in Palestine and in al-Quds. Theodor Herzl, the father of Zionism in the world, provided a number of offers to the Ottoman State to save it from a deteriorating financial situation, exploiting its bad economic situation which made it burdened with external debt
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