Turkey Keeps Mosul Vilayet After WWI

Turkey would likely face a greater time suppressing the Kurds (who would be a larger group in Turkey). Shia power in Iraq would become stronger without the SUnni Kurds to balance the religious demography. Iraq could potentially sponsor Kurdish rebellions in Turkey and Iran during the COld War (with Soviet backing).

If ISIS still forms like OTL, they would likely have less power without Mosul being in their hands.
 

CaliGuy

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Turkey would likely face a greater time suppressing the Kurds (who would be a larger group in Turkey). Shia power in Iraq would become stronger without the SUnni Kurds to balance the religious demography. Iraq could potentially sponsor Kurdish rebellions in Turkey and Iran during the COld War (with Soviet backing).

All of this certainly makes sense. Also, though, wouldn't Sunni Arab power in Iraq be weaker in this TL?

If ISIS still forms like OTL, they would likely have less power without Mosul being in their hands.

Completely agreed.
 
ISIS is surely butterflied away. There would be totally different situation on this scenario. Even Iraq would be totally different. No Hashemite dynasty to Iraqi throne - No Baathist revolution - No Saddam Hussein - No invasion 2003 - No ISIS.
 

CaliGuy

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ISIS is surely butterflied away. There would be totally different situation on this scenario. Even Iraq would be totally different. No Hashemite dynasty to Iraqi throne - No Baathist revolution - No Saddam Hussein - No invasion 2003 - No ISIS.
Why would no Mosul Vilayet = No Hashemite monarchy in Iraq, though?
 
The British might then have incorporated Kuwait into Iraq from the start. Iraq without either Kuwait or Mosul would be a very weak country.

And that would have produced some butterflies.
 

CaliGuy

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The British might then have incorporated Kuwait into Iraq from the start. Iraq without either Kuwait or Mosul would be a very weak country.

And that would have produced some butterflies.
If Iraq gets Kuwait, could it eventually also try acquiring eastern Saudi Arabia (as in, the Shiite-majority parts)?
 
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