THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR EDOUARD ANTOINE THOUVENEL AND İSTANBUL
Journal: DergiPark (Istanbul University)
Year: 2014

The French Ambassador Edouard Antoıne Thouvenel (1818-1866) had been appointed as an ambassador to Istanbul, by Napoleon the 3rd, when he was working as the head of diplomatic branch of French Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the Crimea War (1853-1856). Thouvenel has fiercely competed with the experienced English Ambassador Lord Stratford Canning in order to be effective on Ottoman State’s relations with the other foreign countries. He had acted as an efficient diplomat in Istanbul during 1855