WI Ataturk made commander of the Caliphate's forces?

Hey guys, I've just recently joined AH.com and am attempting to write my first TL. I really need some feedback on what could make a post WWI Ottoman Empire (part of the Central Powers which have won the war) survive and what the nation may look like.

I've scene a few too many 'central power victory' threads that follow several cliches. I'm attempting to discount several of those, including a surviving Ottoman Empire. How? My plans are that Mustafa Kemal Ataturk is the war minster of the Caliphate. Because of his position, the nation of Turkey is never founded in this TL. The Ottomans remain powerful because:

- in 1914 Russian offensives into the Caucas stagnate due to mountainous terrian and the oncoming winter. The Ottomans gradually push the Russians back but suffer a defeat at Sarikamish. British forces land in Iraq and capture the south.

- in 1915 An Anglo-French fleet is suffering heavy losses at Gallipoli in a failed effort to take Constantinople. The Ottomans attempt to reorganize their army which is in shambles. They begin an unsuccesful attack on the Suez canal. Meanwhile the allied attack on Gallipoli results in no headway and as the Allies withdraw their evacuation fleet is ambushed by German U-Boats resulting in more casualties. Russian advances into Armenia are halted by the Ottomans. Armenians are massacred for their support of the Russians.

-in 1916 Ottoman forces are reorganized and the war effort is concentrated to the South. The Arabs begin a revolt with British assistance. TE Lawrence leads their efforts and the Ottomans are unable to counter his hit-and-run tactics.

- in 1917 a force of 30 German Zeppelins arrives and begins operations against the Arab rebels, bombing them into submission. German General von der Goltz defeats the British in Iraq.

- 1918:
The British advance into Palestine but as supplies become scarce due to German U-Boot blockades, the Ottomans make a counterattack which drives the British back into Egypt.
The USSR cedes Russian gains to the Ottomans. The Armenians declare a communist republic which is quickly crushed by the Turks. Ismail Enver forms the Army of Islam which drives out the last British forces in The Ottoman Empire. An armistice is signed with the British on December 2nd.

Assuming similar German victories take place in Europe and America does not enter the war, does the above seem plausible? Could a victorious Ottoman nation survive into, say, 1935-1939?

Again, sorry if the above does not make sense, English is a second language.
 
The idea isintriguing, and I think Mustafa Kemal (not Ataturk in this scenario) had the talent and seniority for a position like that under such circumstances. He'd have to be part of a reformist government, though.

Your military scenareio - I am not all that knowledgeable, but I think it will need major reworking to put it charitably. u-boats in the Mediterranean would have to operate from bases that don't yet exist, and the usefulness of zeppelins for counterinsurgency is doubtful- not to mention I don't think the Kaiser had thirty of them to spare in 1917. A CP victory is doable, just - probably not this way.
 
One of the first things MKA did in order to create a secular turkish state; abolish the califate by law(office of calife being held by the ousted sultan).
 
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