If the ottomon empire still existed in world war 2

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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.
 
I don't see much chance of the Ottomans joining the Axis. Most likely they would strive to remain neutral and profit from the situation as best they can. They are in a much better position than was Turkey, as they have a direct route to the Indian Ocean no easily interfered with by the Axis (Basra), whereas Turkey became quite isolated in OTL.

I would imagine they would jump in on the Allied side at some point late in the war and not do much, unless Bulgaria is in the Axis - and you would have to wonder what would have happened to this country's foreign policy with the Ottomans next door.

Could the Ottomans seek concessions from the allies as terms for entering the war?
 
On the subject of the Ottomans mucking around in post-revolution Russia, which I certainly agree that they would have done and collared Armenia and Azerbaijan, would/could they have launched some kind of expedition to the Crimea? I don't think the Reds had a serious navy at the time, and the Crimea is defensible and would give the Ottomans command of the Black Sea, but could they hold it and would the other powers allow them to? I don't know what the Tatar population was at the time, but if the Whites still make their last stand there as in OTL, could the Ottomans co-operate with them?
 
For the Ottomans to be around after WW1 there is two choices
One] A CP Victory
Two] the Ottomans were neutral in the War

Choice one gives the Ottomans major post war problems with the British wartime sponsored Arab nationalism.
This combined with the Young Turks and other such political problems, make a strong unified Ottoman Empire in the late 1930's unlikely.
So even if it survives it is not a major power, thro post GW2 It has to potential to redevelop as one
The How and Why of TTL's GW2 would have to detailed before whe can discuss the Ottoman role in It.

If Choice Two -- The Strait would have remained open allowing Allied supplies to reach Russia.
The GW1 would end in = late 1916 early 1917 = with the defeat of the CP.
No Russian Civil War, so no USSR


Maybe Mustafa Kemal Attaturk ends up as a Turkish equivalent of Mussolini or Franco and takes the Ottomans into the Fascist Camp. in the late 20's-early 30's.

?Could a Surviving Ottomans butterfly into a Neutral Italy in GW2?
 
What if the Ottomon empire still existed come world war 2 and was still at the stage where it was still powerful.

How would events progress around it?

Comments or suggestions even additions are most welcome.

The Jewish would find a nation to flee to if they stayed neutral in ww2. Remember the the Jewish within the ottoman empire sided with the Ottomans against the Arab revolt. So I'm sure the Ottoman Empire would join in evaluating the jewish into their Empire.
 
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