What an interesting idea. The Ottoman Empire wasn't exactly synonomous with Turkey, but it was Turkish-led, and I really doubt they'd enter the war on the same side as Greece and Russia. They might have stayed neutral, or tried to. On the other hand, the really big prize of the war was Soviet Central Asia, with its oil reserves. To move his armies down there Hitler needed to either come through North Africa and Egypt up through the Middle East, which he didn't give Rommel sufficient forces to do, or else take Stalingrad, which controlled the Volga, securing that area so he could push south without having to worry about a Soviet flank attack. He wasn't able to do that either. But maybe with Ottoman help, he could have pulled it off. The oilfields would have tempted both Germany and the Ottomans; they might have turned against each other, or agreed to split their prize. And the German-allied Armenian Legion might have mutinied if Germany had allied with the Turks; they'd have been afraid Hitler would sell them out to win the friendship of the more powerful Ottoman Empire, and that they'd be cheated out of the independence they'd been promised after the war, instead joining the rest of their people as an oppressed Ottoman minority nationality.
The prospect of expanding their Empire across the former Soviet Asia would've been very appealing to the Ottomans; many of the inhabitants are Turkic peoples and might have been happy to be annexed, although they might also have held out for the independence Hitler promised them. But they might not have had any choice in the matter. And anything would have seemed better than remaining under Soviet subjugation.
How might Hitler have treated the Soviet Caucasian and Asian nationalities after the war, if he'd defeated the USSR? Would he have kept his word, and given them their independence? Or simply thrown them under the bus, as people say these days, once they'd served their purpose? Hitler was known for making promises to get people to do what he wanted, and then double-crossing them later if he felt he needed to. Of course, this isn't just a trait of Nazis, but of all political figures.
Now, I've just assumed that the Ottoman Empire took advantage of the harsh lesson of its defeat in World War One to strengthen itself for the next round, so it would no longer be known as the "sick man of Europe." Otherwise, it could never have survived through the years between the wars.
The prospect of expanding their Empire across the former Soviet Asia would've been very appealing to the Ottomans; many of the inhabitants are Turkic peoples and might have been happy to be annexed, although they might also have held out for the independence Hitler promised them. But they might not have had any choice in the matter. And anything would have seemed better than remaining under Soviet subjugation.
How might Hitler have treated the Soviet Caucasian and Asian nationalities after the war, if he'd defeated the USSR? Would he have kept his word, and given them their independence? Or simply thrown them under the bus, as people say these days, once they'd served their purpose? Hitler was known for making promises to get people to do what he wanted, and then double-crossing them later if he felt he needed to. Of course, this isn't just a trait of Nazis, but of all political figures.
Now, I've just assumed that the Ottoman Empire took advantage of the harsh lesson of its defeat in World War One to strengthen itself for the next round, so it would no longer be known as the "sick man of Europe." Otherwise, it could never have survived through the years between the wars.