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As being “Şark Meselesi” in old expression, the Eastern Question is identified as sharing the lands dominated by Ottoman Empire in the whole 19th century and at the beginnings of 20th century, South Asia, Far East, Middle East and then colonizing the energy resources, in short, the competence of colonialism. In this article Prof. Dr. Holland Rose, after describing the concept of Eastern Question, origination of concept and its historical development, handles how the Eastern Question made a progress in wartime and after the war depending on the rivalry between Germany and England at World War I. Prof. Rose * J. Holland Rose, “Great Britain and The Eastern Question”, The Journal Of International Relations, Vol. 12, No. 3, January/1922, pp. 307-319.Prof. Dr. J. Holland Rose, bu makaleyi kaleme aldığında Cambridge Üniversitesi’nde (University of Cambridge) deniz savaş (donanma) tarihi profesörüdür. Ayrıca, Nebraska Devlet Üniversitesi (State University of Nebraska) ve Amherst Koleji’nden (Amherst College) hukuk doktoru ünvanını da almıştır.** Araş. Gör., Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Atatürk İlkeleri ve İnkılâp Tarihi Enstitüsü, ([email protected], [email protected]).completed his article with some assessments that foresees how the post-war problems determine the future of Eastern Question. This article has a great importance in terms of handling the perspective of Great Britain (almost a century before and with an interior sight) to this concept and to the East, that uses the Eastern Question as a base to shape its foreign policy