AHC: Armenian Anatolia

Have the majority of Anatolia inhabited by Armenians with any PoD, the later the better, preferably as part of an Armenian nation-state.
 
Stop the Armenian Genocide (and the other ones did by Turkey and you would have an Anatolia primarily Greek in the west and Armenian in the east). Perhaps Russia getting the terms they deserved at the Treaty Berlin and getting some part of ethnic Armenia, but you might need a crushing victory for that to happen, as Russian aims were on the Black Sea to Constantinople.

Alternatively, if the Armenian Genocide doesn't happen, I can imagine the Armenian republic seizing much of eastern Anatolia.

Lastly, Armenia got a decent amount of territory at the Treaty of Sevres, so you could just have that enforced.
 
Maybe Russia doesn't advance as far into the Caucasus and they don't seize Western Armenia? Then a unified Armenia gains independence after the Ottoman Empire falls apart.
 
The medieval (Bagratid) Armenia likely needs to survive instead of being annexed by the Byzantines in 1045. Byzantium needs to get off its high horse about not wanting another Christian ruler near the equal of the Emperor, and realize Armenia is a very useful buffer state to the Muslims.

If there is a strong Armenian buffer state, then there is no Manzikert scenario so this actually works out better for them as well.

So we have a strong Armenian state in eastern Anatolia. To meet the requirements of the OP, this needs to eventually expand westward, likely when the Byzantines experience some kind of defeat in southern Anatolia or northern Syria. The end result being Armenia expanding into central Anatolia so that Armenian demographics improve over the long term.

Lots can happen. The medieval kingdom does not need to survive as an institution. As long as Anatolia does not become conquered by Muslims, there can be any number of Armenian states that rise and fall before the modern era. The end result would be a Greek state in Europe, western Anatolia and likely the northern Anatolian coast, and an Armenian state in central and eastern Anatolia with access to the Mediterranean and perhaps coastline on the Caspian.
 
Stop the Armenian Genocide (and the other ones did by Turkey and you would have an Anatolia primarily Greek in the west and Armenian in the east). Perhaps Russia getting the terms they deserved at the Treaty Berlin and getting some part of ethnic Armenia, but you might need a crushing victory for that to happen, as Russian aims were on the Black Sea to Constantinople.

Alternatively, if the Armenian Genocide doesn't happen, I can imagine the Armenian republic seizing much of eastern Anatolia.

Lastly, Armenia got a decent amount of territory at the Treaty of Sevres, so you could just have that enforced.

As far as I know most of Anatolia didn't have a solid majority beyond the central regions which were clearly Turkish. Beyond that it was almost as diverse as the Balkans.
 
Stop the Armenian Genocide (and the other ones did by Turkey and you would have an Anatolia primarily Greek in the west and Armenian in the east). Perhaps Russia getting the terms they deserved at the Treaty Berlin and getting some part of ethnic Armenia, but you might need a crushing victory for that to happen, as Russian aims were on the Black Sea to Constantinople.

Alternatively, if the Armenian Genocide doesn't happen, I can imagine the Armenian republic seizing much of eastern Anatolia.

Lastly, Armenia got a decent amount of territory at the Treaty of Sevres, so you could just have that enforced.

Too late. You should start Turkish genocide before you can get Armenian majority Anatolia and hardly anyone want that.

I think that you need leastly early medieval POD that you could get Armenian Anatolia.
 
The British awarding them part of southern Anatolia would be interesting. Perhaps they could connect it with OTL Armenia for some sort of greater Armenia? You would need a total Turkish collapse for this scenario to work.

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^Armenia would get huge Kurdish and Turkish minorities. In fact might be that Armenians would be minority nationality. And they even don't control barely half of Anatolia.
 
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