THE 1970S 1969 1979
CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST
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Question
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the Ottomans were on the losing side of the war, along with Germany and Italy
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the Empire spent too much money on buildings and new roads and went bankrupt
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the people in the Empire were starving because a long drought had ruined agriculture
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the Ottoman government was overthrown by a revolt of factory workers who were unemployed when the war ended
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Detailed explanation-1: -Siding with Germany in World War I may have been the most significant reason for the Ottoman Empire’s demise. Before the war, the Ottoman Empire had signed a secret treaty with Germany, which turned out to be a very bad choice.
Detailed explanation-2: -Despite military reforms, the Ottoman Army met with disastrous defeat in the Italo-Turkish War (1911–1912) and the Balkan Wars (1912–1913), resulting in the Ottomans being driven out of North Africa and nearly out of Europe.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ottoman Sultan Mehmed V specifically wanted the Empire to remain a non-belligerent nation. However, he was largely a figurehead, without real control of the government. Pressure from some of Mehmed’s senior advisors led the Empire to enter an alliance with Germany and the Central Powers.