title: Ottoman policy in the South Caucasus – Trabzon and Batumi Conferences (1917-1918)
abstract: The aim of this paper is to present Turkish policy in the South Caucasus in 1917-1918, after the Bolshevik Coup, when the distribution of power changed and the government of the Young Turks hoped that they would take over not only the Caucasus, but also the Crimea and Central Asia.