Foreign representations of the Ottoman Empire in World War I: Stockholm Embassy

In this paper, it is based on the question that the Ottoman Empire tried to follow how the course of the war was followed outside the Empire through foreign representations during the First World War, and to understand how the Ottoman Empire's victories, defeats, domestic-foreign and social developments were reflected in the press of this country. In this context, Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, a Northern European country and a neutral-non-war country, is chosen. The activities of the Ottoman embassy in this country were tried to be explained especially with the aspects reflected in the documents. At this point, a profile was created by looking at the contents of the reports sent by the embassy to the center, especially the war and the war performance of the Ottoman Empire. In this context, it has been observed that the Ottoman Empire had a rich and varied information flow through Stockholm. On the other hand, it has been determined that the conferences convened in Stockholm were followed carefully and the developments there were communicated to Istanbul. In this paper, what kind of news the Stockholm Embassy obtained from the Swedish press and mostly about the course of the Ottoman Empire in the war and about the forced migration of Armenians was also examined. Key words: Sweden, Stockholm, propoganda, First World War, press