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I think people here often talk about the possibility of Turkey losing even more decisively at the end of the Great War in the context of a discussion about a larger Greece or restored Byzantine Empire. However, if such a scenario had occurred, it likely would have had massive ramifications for the Middle East and Caucasus.

Here are the national boundaries as proposed by the Treaty of Sevres:

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So, let's say that Ataturk and the rest of the Turkish National Movement had failed quickly and decisively during the OTL Turkish War of Independence, leading to the above map becoming a reality. As we can see, some of the important results would have been...

  • Armenia would have gained substantially more territory.
  • A potential independent Kurdistan carved out of Turkey.
  • Syria, once it gains independence, will have more territory.
  • Massive zones of influence for Britain, France, and Italy in Anatolia.
How would this have caused the Middle East and Caucasus to develop differently? Would Armenia have been able to avoid Soviet annexation here? Would Britain have added some of the Kurdish land in Iraq to the newly-independent Kurdistan? Anything else that would need to be discussed?
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