Distrust of interpreters drove Europe and the Porte to end dragoman systems

Evidence

This became a serious source of concern, and various ways were found of dealing with it. In time the system broke down on both sides—the use of the Levantines by the embassies, the use of the Phanariot Greeks by the Porte; they broke down in different ways and for different reasons. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 183

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships