WI: The Province of Pergamon

OTL, Italy and Greece butted heads over the matter of Smyrna. Smyrna was supposed to be part of the Italian sphere of influence in Turkey, but Britain and France opted to give Greece the territory. The issue became so heated that the Italians sent ships to the city to block the Greeks.

So what if Italy got this particular chunk of territory instead? Going with the whole ancient Roman vibe, Italy names it the Province of Pergamon.

Greece in exchange gets the Dodecanese, minus Rhodes.

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xsampa

Banned
The colony would likely be constantly under threat by Kemalist forces, like a larger version of Goa. Colonial rule over the local population would rely oncoopting non-Turkish elites to rule over Turkish masses, and by creating a separate identity like what the French tried to do in Syria.
 
The colony would likely be constantly under threat by Kemalist forces, like a larger version of Goa. Colonial rule over the local population would rely oncoopting non-Turkish elites to rule over Turkish masses, and by creating a separate identity like what the French tried to do in Syria.

What do you mean by a separate identity?

Perhaps getting Greeks in the area to see themselves as something uniquely Ionian rather than part of Greece as a whole? Or are you saying that the development of a Pergamonese identity would be necessary?
 

xsampa

Banned
What do you mean by a separate identity?

Perhaps getting Greeks in the area to see themselves as something uniquely Ionian rather than part of Greece as a whole? Or are you saying that the development of a Pergamonese identity would be necessary?
The latter
 
So what if Italy got this particular chunk of territory instead? Going with the whole ancient Roman vibe, Italy names it the Province of Pergamon.

The Ancient Roman vibe was mainly for the Fascists - it would have had the same, intermediate, status that the Dodecanese had as a Possedimento. At any rate, that requires fairly relevant PODs; not only was the territory arguably the best ethnic Greek claim, but it also requires Britain and France to be willing to support Italy over Greece (the opposite happened IRL, for power balance reasons). And even then, it only really is possible if the Kemalists lose or are butterflied away; lastly, Italy would rather keep the OTL occupation of Antalya, for power projection reasons.
 
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