In cp limited victory oe gains turkish Russia

trajen777

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Was just reading about the Ottoman Empire. Let's say the following happens

1 german final offensive does well in the west. But not to well
2 status que in the west
3 oe falling apart
4 Arab revolts are in full swing
5 germany keeps ukrain independent, and creates Baltic state dependent.
6 britan and France get the Arab states


So oe gives up the Arab states, but is compensated in Russia by gaining Turkestan and othe Turkish areas or the new ussr.
 
if the ottomans couldn't keep control of the Arab states, i doubt they would be able to control central Asia. the most territory i would think they could get would be Transcaucasia.
 

trajen777

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if the ottomans couldn't keep control of the Arab states, i doubt they would be able to control central Asia. the most territory i would think they could get would be Transcaucasia.

What I was wondering is the language and cultural similarities ...vs the Arab cultural differences and desire for freedom. A pan Turkic movement
 
What I was wondering is the language and cultural similarities ...vs the Arab cultural differences and desire for freedom. A pan Turkic movement
Pan-ethnic/cultural unions with shared languages aren't necessary guaranteed to be stable, mind, especially across such a massive land area across rough terrain (which itself would cause cultural differences). Yugoslavia, Nasser's United Arab Republic of Egypt and Syria, Czechoslovakia prove as much.
 
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