The Dey and the Fly Whisk in Algeria

The most interesting context of Algerian pastAlgeria over the wheat trade issue. The Dey was
revolves around the Dey rule over Algeria. Thevery infuriated by this development that he
Dey was a Turkish governor who was runningproduced the flywhisk. What happened is that the
the affairs of Algeria, province of the TurkishDey was very angry with the French
Empire. The Turkish controlled the trade in therepresentative that he flicked him with his
Algerian nation and the Dey was managing theflywhisk to get back for what they did.
legislation and rule of the Algerian people. The DeyThe French took this for an insult. The king of
was one of the most powerful and long lastingFrance ordered a naval blockade on the Algerian
governor of Algeria. The French who werecoast and a further expeditionary operation in
interested in Algeria began discussing trade issuesAlgeria. This was the beginning of the French
with the Dey. They wanted to trade wheat andinvasion of Algeria. The French invasion was the
other commodities across the region whereasfirst invasion to be happening with Algeria. Algeria
their core interest was Algeria.had been under the Dey after the expeditionary
The famous flywhisk of the Dey came into focuspirate Turks found the coast of Algeria. They
in 1827.It happened when there was a heated uptook over the coast and made the Algerian
debate between the Dey and the French consul interritory theirs. Algeria was under the Turks then.