The Ottomans were Turkish... so if Anatolia is Arab then the Ottomans don't exist, at least not in Anatolia.
The Ottomans are butterflied, but not necessarily the Turks in Anatolia. Just because the Arabs take over doesn’t mean that a similar massive Turkish invasion as IOTL couldn’t happen.
I'm afraid an Arab caliphate taking over Anatolia would be the best scenario for an arabicization of the peninsula.Op is saying Anatolia is Arab, so then it is not turkish. He didn't say the Arabs just take over Anatolia.
I'm afraid an Arab caliphate taking over Anatolia would be the best scenario for an arabicization of the peninsula.
Op is saying Anatolia is Arab, so then it is not turkish. He didn't say the Arabs just take over Anatolia.
What would the ramifications be of the Arabization of Asia Minor? Could the Ottoman Empire have survived?
It's possible that an Arab-ruled Anatolia does not "Arabize" in terms of language. The regions that already spoke Semitic languages adopted Arabic but those that spoke other ones usually retained their language (with a lot of Arab loanwords, of course). Perhaps we would see an Anatolian Greek language emerge that is written with the Arab alphabet.
If Anatolia gets arabized, Islam will be heavily Hellenized/Rhomanized.
I think I've seen mention of the idea that the Caliphate would have moved its capital to Constantinople if they took the city, although Anatolia being Arab =/= Arab Constantinople necessarily.