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What would have happened had Turkey joined the Axis Powers (lets say in early 1941)?

Some questions in particular I am interested in are:

  • What could Nazi Germany offer to entice Turkey to join the Axis?
  • Would Turkey be able to secure Syria and Lebanon under Vichy France Control? (or perhaps their own if Nazi Germany offers it to them)
  • Would Turkey be able to capture Palestine and Jordan (and would Turkey assist the Nazi's in killing the Jews of Palestine)?
  • Would Turkey be able to capture Iraq / assist them in breaking away from the UK
  • Could Turkey reach and capture the Suez Canal?
  • What effects would Turkey's involvement in the Middle East, have on the Italian campaign in North Africa?
  • What impact would Turkey have on Operation Barbarossa? and What are some territorial ambitions Turkey would have against the USSR?
  • Will the Allies still successfully be able to invade Iran?
  • Could Turkey's involvement be enough to allow the Axis Powers to win, or at least stalemate the allies (and what would Turkey gain if they were on the winning side)?
  • If the Axis powers lose, what would a post-war Turkey look like (and what territorial losses, if any, would it suffer?)
  • If the Axis powers lose, what would a post-war Middle East look like?
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