title: Έλληνες διπλωμάτες στήν Οθωμανική αυτοκρατορία
abstract: My PhD thesis under the title “Greek diplomats in the Ottoman Empire: Constantine Caratzas
  the Ban and his journey to Prussia (1790-1792)” emerged as an effort to answer to some questions I had concerning the Greek notables under the Ottoman rule, the Phanariots. These questions mainly formed and the research axes of my thesis, which are the following: 
  1.	Phanariots, with special focus on the middle level of that social group. Caratzas is a good case study, because his biography offers the best