I. Erzurum Antlaşması Metninde Yapılan Tahrifat ve Antlaşmanın Uygulanmasında Yarattığı Sorunlar

The Ottoman-Persian War of 1820-1823, ended in 1823 with both parties signing the Treaty of Erzurum, known commonly in the literature as the First Treaty of Erzurum. The First Treaty of Erzurum resolved the problems between the two states and was in essence based on the terms in the Treaty of Kerden that the two states had signed and agreed upon a century prior in 1746. However, certain disagreements that emerged in the process of composing the terms of the treaty posed a serious obstacle to properly establishing the terms for peace. Both states had a different version of the treaty based on their idea of how it had been composed, and these different versions continue to warrant further discussion. Certain clauses from the Treaty of Erzurum led to even greater problems, and due to the audacity that had been derived from these different versions, the states turned these into problems in the future, problems that occupied the agenda of the Ottomans and Iranians to a great extent. Some of these problems even carried over to 20th century. Abstract The Ottoman-Persian War between 1820-1823 was the last war between the Ottoman and Persian States who had been struggling with one another in the East for centuries and concluded with the signing of the treaty known in the literature as the First Treaty of Erzurum. This Treaty was established based upon the Treaty of Kerden, which both states had signed in 1746. Negotiations over the treaty were conducted in Erzurum, and fierce disputes occurred over the articles of the treaty to be signed. As a consequence of these fierce disputes over the text of the treaty, copies of the letter that had been confirmed by the representatives both states had assigned were sent on July 28, 1823 to both Fath Ali Shah of Persia and the Ottoman Emperor Mahmud II for their confirmation. This study has been prepared with the aim of addressing the falsifications in the letters of agreement that had been sent to the rulers of both states in 1823 and that weren’t even brought up during the treaty negotiations, the consequences of these falsifications, and some of the problems that resulted from them in the Ottoman-Persian relationships that would follow. Before carrying on with this study, some data were found in the Persian sources regarding these issues. However, these data were not compiled or interpreted by means of comparing and analyzing the Turkish and Persian sources side by side. Research regarding this subject has comprehensively addressed both Ottoman archival documents and major Persian and Turkish resources of the era in attempts to clarify the issue in detail. In this respect, the Ottoman and Iranian states are seen to have attempted to resolve the situation through the envoys they sent one another after signing the Treaty of Erzurum. The Ottoman envoy Necip Efendi was the one who brought the letter of agreement to Persia in the name of the Ottoman Empire and faced an unexpected situation there. The Iranian diplomatic delegation declared that Persia was displeased with the Treaty and had made revisions upon the letter. They infused their revised text into the one to be sent to the Ottoman Empire for acceptance. Afterwards, the Iranian envoy Qasim Khan brought the Persian version of the letter