Baku Expedition of 1917-1918: A Study of Ottoman Policy Towards the Caucasus

Yalçın Murgul's English-language MA thesis examining the 1917-1918 Baku expedition within the framework of Ottoman policy toward the Caucasus.

Completed at Bilkent University in 2007, this MA thesis analyses the 1917-1918 Baku expedition as part of Ottoman policy toward the Caucasus. It discusses Ottoman orientation in the vacuum left by the Russian Revolution and the political and strategic motives behind the march on Baku. As it provides an academic framework for the formation of the Army of Islam and the 1918 Azerbaijani developments, it is among the collection's core secondary sources.