Back لجنة دي بنسن Arabic De Bunsen Komitəsi AZ De Bunsenova komise Czech Comité de Bunsen Spanish Commission de Bunsen French ועדת בנסן HE Komite De Bunsen ID De Bunsen Komitesi Turkish
The De Bunsen Committee was the first committee established by the British government to determine its policy toward the Ottoman Empire during and following World War I. The committee was established on 8 April 1915 by British Prime Minister H. H. Asquith, and was headed by Maurice de Bunsen. The committee submitted its report on 30 June 1915.[1]
The committee was established in response to a French initiative, to consider the nature of British objectives in Turkey and Asia in the event of a successful conclusion of the war. The committee's report provided the guidelines for negotiations with France, Italy, and Russia regarding the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire.[2]
- ^ Britain's War Aims in the Middle East in 1915, Aaron S. Klieman
- ^ The Middle East and North Africa in World Politics: A Documentary Record, by J. C. Hurewitz, 1979, Yale University Press; 2 edition, ISBN 0-300-02203-4, page 26