HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Question
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They were on the losing side of WWI
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Factory worker rebelled
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A famine led to a farmer revolt
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The empire went bankrupt
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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: -An important factor in the decline was the increasing lack of ability and power of the sultans themselves. Süleyman tired of the campaigns and arduous duties of administration and withdrew more and more from public affairs to devote himself to the pleasures of his harem.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Ottomans were eventually defeated due to key attacks by the British general Edmund Allenby.
Detailed explanation-4: -Enver Pasha had succeeded in bringing the Ottoman Empire into the First World War on the side of the Central Powers, Germany and Austria-Hungary.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.