Vakanuvis - International Journal of Historical Researches

Abstract

Throughout history, men have strived to be able to communicate with one another over large distances. The most significant result of efforts in this area was the invention of the telegraph at the beginning of the nineteenth century. In a very short period of time, it was able to diversify communication methods. Although the Ottoman Empire was relatively early to adopt the telegraph, it was late to adopt the telephone. The ten-year war era devastated the communication infrastructure that had not yet been properly constructed. Almost all of the postal lines became inoperative. Communication with the fronts and with every location in Anatolia was feasible during the National Struggle thanks to the telegraph. Keeping the telegraph lines operational was possible thanks to the employees who struggled with superhuman effort. When the Republic was formed, there were only improvised telegraph connections and a postal system that couldn't run for a year and couldn't be incorporated into the world system. The great transformation in the means of communication took place in the period of 1925-1930. Investments in the telegraph, radio, telephone, and postal industries provided results in a short period of time. The 1929 economic crisis, on the other hand, had a detrimental influence on communication infrastructure projects, as it did on other investments. This study focuses on the investments made in the communication infrastructure in the period 1925-1930, after determining the situation for the period until 1925.