HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Question
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It lost territorial holdings outside Turkey.
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Its self-defense forces were demobilized.
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It was forced to pay reparations to Germany.
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Its military industries were nationalized.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the first (October 1912–May 1913) the Ottomans lost almost all their European possessions, including Crete, to Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Montenegro, and the newly created state of Albania (Treaty of London, May 30, 1913).
Detailed explanation-2: -The partitioning of the Ottoman Empire after the war led to the domination of the Middle East by Western powers such as Britain and France, and saw the creation of the modern Arab world and the Republic of Turkey.
Detailed explanation-3: -The demise of the Ottoman Empire (Ottoman Caliphate) made a lasting impact to the Muslim world. Britain and France curved up the Middle East through Sykes-Picot Agreement and gave birth to a new Middle East where oil and petrodollar shaped the politics and economy under their patronage.