Philosophy of Globalization

Darina Martykánová and Meltem Kocaman

A Land of Opportunities: Foreign Engineers in the Ottoman Empire

Darina Martykánová, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Meltem Kocaman, University of Istanbul

Abstract: Hundreds of foreign engineers worked in the vast lands of the Ottoman Empire from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century. These engineers and the works they carried out are worth exploring from the perspective of the circulation of experts in a global context. A closer look at the patterns of their employment contributes to developing a better understanding of the formation of engineering as a profession in the Ottoman context. This article studies the motives of foreign engineers for moving to the Ottoman lands, the projects they were ...