In the mid-nineteenth century, when the Ottoman state launched an industrialization campaign within the context of increasing contacts between the Ottoman and British governments, hundreds of British industrial workers migrated to Istanbul to work in Ottoman military factories, along with technology transfer from Britain. This article narrates the history of these workers and of the community they established in Istanbul in a period spanning four decades, from the beginning of the mechanization efforts in the 1830s until the economic crisis in the mid-1870s. Drawing on archival evidence from Ottoman and British sources, it analyzes the larger context of British workers’ migration from Britain, their relations with the Ottoman state officials and local workers, and their experiences and struggles in the workplace and the city. Although both British and Ottoman historians have largely ignored their experiences due to their marginal numbers and distinct statuses, these workers actively took part in the Ottoman industrialization process, in the development of capitalist class relations, and in the social, cultural, and spatial transformation of the capital city in the Ottoman age of reforms. By means of this analysis, the article aims to highlight the significance of immigrant workers as actors of the history of large-scale transformations in the late Ottoman Empire as well as underlining the role of trans-imperial labor migration in the history of modernity.

在19世纪中叶，随着奥斯曼帝国与英国政府之间日益紧密的联系，奥斯曼帝国发起了工业化运动，数百名英国工业工人移居伊斯坦布尔，在奥斯曼帝国的军事工厂工作，同时技术从英国转移出去。本文介绍了这些工人及其在伊斯坦布尔建立的社区的历史，从1830年代开始机械化努力到1870年代中期发生经济危机，这跨越了40年。它借鉴了奥斯曼帝国和英国人的档案证据，分析了英国工人从英国移民的大背景，他们与奥斯曼帝国官员和当地工人的关系，以及他们在工作场所和城市中的经历和斗争。尽管英国历史学家和奥斯曼帝国的历史学家由于他们的边际人数和地位不同而大都忽略了他们的经历，但是这些工人积极地参与了奥斯曼帝国的工业化进程，资本主义阶级关系的发展以及社会，文化和空间的变革。奥斯曼帝国时代的首都。通过这种分析，本文旨在强调移民工人在奥斯曼帝国后期大规模转型历史中扮演的角色的重要性，并强调跨帝国劳动移民在现代性历史中的作用。在奥斯曼帝国时代，资本主义阶级关系的发展，以及首都的社会，文化和空间变革。通过这种分析，本文旨在强调移民工人在奥斯曼帝国后期大规模转型历史中扮演的角色的重要性，并强调跨帝国劳动移民在现代性历史中的作用。在奥斯曼帝国时代，资本主义阶级关系的发展，以及首都的社会，文化和空间变革。通过这种分析，本文旨在强调移民工人在奥斯曼帝国后期大规模转型历史中扮演的角色的重要性，并强调跨帝国劳动移民在现代性历史中的作用。