Ottoman Empire Reforms into a Federation

Gone out from a WWI CP Victory.
Would the Ottoman Empire survive if they would reform into a Federal Republic or a Federal Monarchy perhaps ?
 
In all honesty, they could have survived if they'd just stayed neutral in WWI rather than getting involved at all.

Reforming into a system more federal is not out of the question though.
 

WeisSaul

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If the ottomans stayed out of World War 1, an ever increasing number of Jewish migrants to Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem and southern Beirut Vilayet, a Jewish majority would eventually take over.

Around 1860 Jews became the majority in Jerusalem, and around the time the Jews were kicked out of Iraq Jews formed the majority of Baghdad.Turks happened to be far less antisemitic than some of the other inhabitants of the Ottoman Empire. Jews would be happy to live under the Turks if they were treated equally. If I recall correctly the Empire recognized four religions that would be treated fairly under the law: Greek Christianity(Orthodoxy), Roman Christianity(Catholicism), Islam, and Judaism.

The Ottoman government, if it viewed the Empire as a Turkish national state, would and could likely relocate massive numbers of Turks in the Tigris-Euphrates basin.

If it stayed out of World War 1, it could have invaded Russia in 1919 to take Russian Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and south Chechnya. It may even take the Crimea, an easily defensible and highly productive region. The Crimea, along with Sicily and Egypt, was one of the three big breadbaskets of the Roman Empire. The Ottomans saw themselves as a Muslim Roman successor to some extent, especially considering it mostly controlled the same land. Azerbaijanis are a Turkic people, so they'd fit right in in a Turkish national state.

The Hejaz region would be difficult to control, as that would be the heart of an Arab national state that would eventually try to pop up. The British would likely use such separatism/nationalism as a mean of expanding its sphere of influence and weakening the Ottoman Empire. The Empire probably couldn't keep couldn't keep Eastern Arabia due to the same reason.

Without WW1 the Armenian genocide wouldn't have occurred and Turkey could have just left the Armenians as a single Vilayet.

At the best, the Ottomans could have kept all non-Arabian Peninsular territories with Turks and Jews slowly becoming the majority in most provinces, and expanded into the former Russian Empire.

The Empire would have to democratize eventually. This would leave it as a constitutional monarchy. It'd probably end up either as a republic with a few autonomous regions, or a federation where certain regions had more power over their internal affairs than others. Democratization would have been a while off though, likely in the mid to late 20th century.
 
If it stayed out of World War 1, it could have invaded Russia in 1919 to take Russian Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and south Chechnya. It may even take the Crimea, an easily defensible and highly productive region. The Crimea, along with Sicily and Egypt, was one of the three big breadbaskets of the Roman Empire. The Ottomans saw themselves as a Muslim Roman successor to some extent, especially considering it mostly controlled the same land. Azerbaijanis are a Turkic people, so they'd fit right in in a Turkish national state.

Highly unlikely, IMO. The Ottoman Empire wasn't falling to pieces until it joined the war and the British supported Arab Nationalism as a way of defeating them and defending the Suez, not expanding their sphere of influence. But in saying it wasn't falling apart, it was still not that mighty anymore. It was called the 'Sick Man of Europe' for a reason. Hanging onto the regions it lost to Russia in the Russo-Turkish War is one thing (and far more likely). The Turks weren't quite as irredentist as other 'Roman successors' I think.

The Hejaz region would be difficult to control, as that would be the heart of an Arab national state that would eventually try to pop up. The British would likely use such separatism/nationalism as a mean of expanding its sphere of influence and weakening the Ottoman Empire. The Empire probably couldn't keep couldn't keep Eastern Arabia due to the same reason.

Wrong - the British only supported Arab nationalism as a means of destroying the empire in WWI. They already controlled Kuwait and the Trucial States. Supporting the Arab cause was a way of defending the Suez from the Turkish onslaught into Sinai. Without the Turks in WWI it's unlikely the British will have anything to do with Arab Nationalism unless the Ottomans become unfriendly during the rise of the oil economies.

At the best, the Ottomans could have kept all non-Arabian Peninsular territories with Turks and Jews slowly becoming the majority in most provinces, and expanded into the former Russian Empire.

I don't know much about the Jewish immigration into the Levant during this time period, but as far as I know it wasn't nearly as great as you're making it out to be. Arabs will still hold a majority over the Jews in any state that encompasses much of Arabia.

The Empire would have to democratize eventually. This would leave it as a constitutional monarchy. It'd probably end up either as a republic with a few autonomous regions, or a federation where certain regions had more power over their internal affairs than others. Democratization would have been a while off though, likely in the mid to late 20th century.

I'm not so sure with this. It's likely the Ottomans would federalise for their own good, i.e. to make the Arabs shut up and give them some representation. But nobody will be forcing them to.
 
Would it be even possible to federalize if they were in WWI and the CP won the war ?
And if yes how long could it last, maybe till today ? Would such a federalized Ottoman Empire or lets call it an Ottoman Union be a new Superpower ?
 
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