![]() Historical and political conditions during this journey shows the emergence of twenty years of alliance between the Ottoman Empire and the German Empire The research aims to shed light on the acquisitions of the journey, penetration of the German Empire and German capital into the Ottoman Empire. This journey will be analysed with that perspective. Also, the aims and acquisitions of the two empires will be analysed in this thesis. This journey gave rise to a convergence policy for these empires. ![]() The German Empire wanted to expand her influence and sphere of power to the East, and threat her rivals, especially France and Britain. She also tried to protect her rights and power in the European policy against internal and external threats. The Ottoman Empire lost the support of Britain and became an open target for the imperialist powers of the West. We see a policy of isolation for both, the Ottoman Empire and the German Empire in the late 19th century because of their policies against European Powers. This thesis analyses the journey of Kaiser Wilhelm II of the German Empire to the Ottoman Empire in 1898, during a very tense time of the Europe. A dense network of political schemes connected to internal, external and religious politics surrounded the German Emperor while on his journey to the Holy City. The comparison between the voyages makes it clear however, that while for the Franz Joseph his religious interest for the holy sites of Christendom far outweighed any strategical considerations, while the opposite can be said about the “peaceful crusade” that Wilhelm II undertook. Through the evaluation of source material, newspaper coverage and the scientific literature for each pilgrimage it tries to outline that both followed a very unique rational, composed of aspects from a wide range of topics: political, religious, economic and social. This paper tries to answer this question by examining the genesis of both pilgrimages within their historical background. A point of contention within the discourse surrounding these events was, whether they should be seen as merely pious affairs following the ancient tradition of Christian pilgrimage, or whether they were to be interpreted as political undertakings, aiming at the advancement of national interests. The two journeys undertaken by Joseph I of Austria-Hungary (1869) and Wilhelm II of Germany (1898) visiting the holy city of Jerusalem were closely followed by an interested European public and prominently discussed in contemporary newspapers.
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