HISTORY
HISTORY OF 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 ruind 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: -The Ottoman Empire sided with Germany in World War I (1914–18); postwar treaties dissolved the empire, and in 1922 the sultanate was abolished by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who proclaimed the Republic of Turkey the following year.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Ottoman Empire disintegrated and was partitioned after its defeat in World War I. The empire had already been in decline for centuries, struggling to maintain a bloated bureaucracy or a centralized administrative structure after various attempts at reform.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Ottomans did not feel protected by their neighboring British and French colonial powers, and after a series of victories by the Germany army in Europe against Belgium and France, Pasha felt the alliance with Germany would provide more protection and stability for the Ottoman Empire.