Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
40th International Congress of Military History, World War ONe 1914-1918, Varna, Bulgaristan, 31 Ağustos - 05 Eylül 2015, sa.40, ss.357-366
Shortage of foodstuff
and speculation on prices were widely witnessed in all the countries which
engaged in World War I. War conditions often gave end to mass production of
food and thereby led to a considerable risk for hunger or even starvation over
a four-year period between 1914 and 1918 in Turkey.
Provisioning foodstuff
appeared to be the priority of governments primarily for the purpose of keeping
the military forces alive. The needs of the
rest of the society were of secondary importance. Food production became
the subject of black market as far as the
needs of military were secured.
The situation in
Turkey was not different than the war conditions in all around war. Istanbul
was administered by the elites of Committee of Union and Progress
(CUP) who made a big amount of wealth by provoking the food prices and
inhabitants of the city who had to cope with this profiteering.
Shortage of foodstuff
and speculation on prices were widely witnessed in all the countries which
engaged in World War I. War conditions often gave end to mass production of
food and thereby led to a considerable risk for hunger or even starvation over
a four-year period between 1914 and 1918 in Turkey.
Provisioning foodstuff
appeared to be the priority of governments primarily for the purpose of keeping
the military forces alive. The needs of the
rest of the society were of secondary importance. Food production became
the subject of black market as far as the
needs of military were secured.
The situation in
Turkey was not different than the war conditions in all around war. Istanbul
was administered by the elites of Committee of Union and Progress
(CUP) who made a big amount of wealth by provoking the food prices and
inhabitants of the city who had to cope with this profiteering.