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Ottoman Debt Bubbles Through 1870s Warning on Losses
The text traces Ottoman borrowing from 1854 to 1876, detailing large loans backed by Britain and France, rising debt to about 184 million, and heavy interest costs. It notes rising stock losses for investors, later partial debt relief attempts, and a shift in policy under Beaconsfield Salisbury and Northcote amid Berlin Treaty aftermath and European power involvement.
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United Guarantee
England
France
Paris
Goldwin Smith
Guardian
Turkey
Lord Palmerston
Sir
Northcote
Ottoman Empire
Stock Exchange
Seraglio
Berlin
Palmerston
Beaconsfield
Salisbury
Sondon
Standard
Rome
Nina
Vatican
Russia
San Stefano
Gallipoli
Henry Drummond Wolff
M.P
Roumelia
Schliemann
Constantinople
Truad
Porte
St. Petersburg
Todleben
Gallipol
Tchataldja
Besika Bay
Adrianople
Bosnia
Cyprus
Duke of Edinburgh
Lamartine
Macon
C Government
French Academy
New York
Grenada
New Orleans
Memphis
Vicksburg
Assim Effendi
Bombay
Larnaca
Odessa
Caucasus
Germany
America
Sarajevo
Szapary
Vienna
Provisional Committee
Hadji Loja
A. H. Layard
Sea of Marmora
Batoum
Lazis