The Armenian press in the Ottoman Empire is a most valuable source for the investigation of the political history of the multi-national empire. They play a more acute role when there is scarcity or lack of Turkish sources. One of such cases is the plot against Sultan Abdul Majid, referred to as “Kuleli Case” in professional literature.The author of the article concludes that the publications of the Armenian press of the time contain some new information about the Kuleli Case which can expand the sources for the study of the important event.

To understand the essence of Turkey's policy towards the Republic of Armenia in the 1990s it is important to take into account, among other factors, also the peculiarities of its regional geostrategy. Unfortunately, this approach is often overlooked. This article aims at examination of some of the basic factors related to Turkey's geostrategy, such as historical, ideological and geopolitical. In particular, based on the research of historical facts, the importance of the South Caucasus for Turkey is emphasized. In addition, theorethical base for the formation of its regional strategy after the collapse of the Soviet Union is examined. The sources of the article were both the official materials and the press of the time, as well as the research literature.

The article deals with the problems of mo­dern conservatism. Author offers a two-level ana­ly­sis of maim principles of this wide spread in our times political and social philosophical trend. The first one is based on its interpretation as a world per­ception of conservative way thinking person. The second considers conservatism political mo­ve­ment and investigates some important pecu­lia­ri­ties of polities of neocons and paleocons, which are the main groupings of contemporary con­ser­va­tisms in USA.

In der Geschichte des Osmanisches Reiches ist die Zeit zwischen Mitte der 50er und frühen 70er Jahren des XIX Jahrhunderts als die zweite Tanzimat-Phase bekannt. Die türkischen politischen Persönlichkeiten der damaligen Zeit, die Führer der Reformbewegung Mehmed Emin Ali Pascha und Mehmed Fuat Pascha führten eine Politik der Annäherung an den Westen, in der Hoffnung, damit so viele Regionen wie möglich unter der Herrschaft des Sultans zu erhalten. Die größte Gefahr für die Integrität des Reiches war die nationale Befreiungsbewegung der unterdrückten christlichen Nationen. Ali Pascha und Fuat Pascha sahen dies ohne Zweifel ein und versuchten die bewaffneten Aufstände der Christen zu verhindern, folgend der Tradition dessen Gründer die Politiker der Anfangsphase der Proto-Tanzimat und Tanzimat waren. Daraus folgte, dass Ali und Fuat ideologische Nachfolger der türkischen Politiker der vorherigen Generation waren.