Fate of Egypt in a CP victory?

Well, it was still under nominal Ottoman soverignity until WWI and, infact, before the war started Cairo paid the Porte(nevermind the fact that the porte wasn't the Ottoman seat-of-rule anymore) tribute.
So what would have happened? I am not sure the Empire will be rewarded with such a massive territory, but the alternative is having the Ottomans relinquish all that territory, even if nominally, and it doesn't make sense for a winning power to relinquish anything (I also don't think that any of the three Pashas would be willing to relinquish it). Will Muhammad Ali's dynasty recieve Autonomy under Ottoman rule or something with the British expelled?
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I think the Ottomans (and actually the Ottomans, not just their allies) would need to make large advances. The British are not going to want to give up their Suez canal and the Nile's sweet, fertile cotton-growing grounds. Plus they still wanted they still wanted the possibility of a rail link to South Africa, and while it's unlikely that they'll get contiguous territory from Cape to Cairo in a CP victory scenario (obviously the Germans are going to keep their slice of Africa, if not take more of it), the possibility of running trains through German territory still means they need a port in northeastern Africa - i.e. Egypt.
 
Remember that Britain is on the losing position.
They will not be in any position to defend expansionistis interests, they are hardly in a good enough position to defend their interests, let alone an interest such as "a rail line onnection north and south Africa". Seriously, if the victory is complete enough the British will probably only retain the British islands and a few colonies here and there that are too far away from German colonies for Kaiser Will to grab.
 
How can Germany force anything on Britain? A defeat on the continent wont stop Britain capturing German colonies and holding the balance of power outside Europe.
 
Britain just lost. This means that British armies on the continent were also defeated and that Britain itself is probably exhausted.
 
Britain just lost. This means that British armies on the continent were also defeated and that Britain itself is probably exhausted.

Um, no. Britain can't 'just lose' a WWI scenario, not with the navy. Unless you can somehow have the HSF chase the RN around the world to destroy it, Germany's colonies get captured by Britain in Africa, and by Australia, New Zealand and Japan in Asia. Britain has Germany by its balls in the colonies and probably wouldn't give them up.

The Turks were nearly completely occupied by the time the war ended. Seeing as you haven't proposed any actual scenario, I'll assume the war still ended at the same time. In this case, the Turks still lose. They surrender territory to Britain, to the Arabs (Saudis and Hashemites), and probably to Greece. All that happens with Egypt is that it remains under British protection until 1922 when it gains independence, as in OTL. Or maybe it stays British longer to defend against the growing interests of Germany (who would still be able to take France's colonies away, by the way).
 

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Yup, even in a CP victory the most Germany can get out of Britain is a return to status quo. The British navy could not be beaten by the Central Powers.
 
The Turks were nearly completely occupied by the time the war ended. Seeing as you haven't proposed any actual scenario, I'll assume the war still ended at the same time. In this case, the Turks still lose. They surrender territory to Britain, to the Arabs (Saudis and Hashemites), and probably to Greece. All that happens with Egypt is that it remains under British protection until 1922 when it gains independence, as in OTL. Or maybe it stays British longer to defend against the growing interests of Germany (who would still be able to take France's colonies away, by the way).
If the Entente loses the war, it probably won't do quite so well against the Turks, as Britain would have sent more men and weapons to France rather than the Middle East.
But with a late end to the war the Ottoman Empire would not be expanding much.
Most likely the borders of the Ottoman Empire is secured against future British incursions, and Egypt remains as a British Protectorate who pays lip service and tribute to the Turks. So status quo all the way.
 
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