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If the Treaty of Sevres was enforced and there was no Turkish national movement, Turkey would of reduced to a small rump state.
The Turkish population upon the founding of the Republic in 1923 numbered 14 million, with a sizeable minority of that number being Kurds. I find this number remarkable as I didn't realise Turkey had such a low population upon it's founding, with the people stretched across such a large chunk of land. If we assume that the Treaty of Sevres was enforced and we see the ethnic cleansing of Turks in Greece, Armenia, Kurdistan and some in the Italian zone, I could see the population of this rump state going as low as 10 million.
Moreover, if this treaty were to go ahead then fascism would never rise in Europe, preventing WW2. This is because there would be no Atatürk to inspire Italian fascism and the Italians themselves would be more satisfied with their gains following the war with this large chunk of Anatolian land, preventing the rise of Italian nationalistic ideologies in the first place. This also means no Nazis.
From here, what events could occur which could see the eradication of a Turkish identity or perhaps reduce the Turkish people to a small minority displaced across Anatolia? Perhaps the rise of Communism? I ask this not out of hate for Turkey or its people. It would just be an interesting tragedy to learn about in alternate history textbooks - that there used to be a Turkish people who ruled a huge chunk of the Middle East and Eastern Europe, but now no longer exist.
The Turkish population upon the founding of the Republic in 1923 numbered 14 million, with a sizeable minority of that number being Kurds. I find this number remarkable as I didn't realise Turkey had such a low population upon it's founding, with the people stretched across such a large chunk of land. If we assume that the Treaty of Sevres was enforced and we see the ethnic cleansing of Turks in Greece, Armenia, Kurdistan and some in the Italian zone, I could see the population of this rump state going as low as 10 million.
Moreover, if this treaty were to go ahead then fascism would never rise in Europe, preventing WW2. This is because there would be no Atatürk to inspire Italian fascism and the Italians themselves would be more satisfied with their gains following the war with this large chunk of Anatolian land, preventing the rise of Italian nationalistic ideologies in the first place. This also means no Nazis.
From here, what events could occur which could see the eradication of a Turkish identity or perhaps reduce the Turkish people to a small minority displaced across Anatolia? Perhaps the rise of Communism? I ask this not out of hate for Turkey or its people. It would just be an interesting tragedy to learn about in alternate history textbooks - that there used to be a Turkish people who ruled a huge chunk of the Middle East and Eastern Europe, but now no longer exist.