WORLD WAR II
DECOLONIZATION PHASE
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Turkey
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Iraq
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Syria
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Palestine
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Ottoman Empire officially ended in 1922 when the title of Ottoman Sultan was eliminated. Turkey was declared a republic on October 29, 1923, when Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881-1938), an army officer, founded the independent Republic of Turkey.
Detailed explanation-2: -The 19th century saw the rise of nationalism under the Ottoman Empire which resulted in the establishment of an independent Greece in 1821, Serbia in 1835, and Bulgaria in 1877-1878.
Detailed explanation-3: -Anatolia was occupied by the Persians during 545-333 B.C. followed by the Hellenistic period (333-30 B.C.) with Alexander the Great’s conquest of the region.
Detailed explanation-4: -The empire was at the center of interactions between Eastern and Western civilization for six centuries. The Ottoman Empire contained all or parts of Turkey, Russia, The Ukraine, Greece, Italy, Hungary, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Israel, Libya, Morocco, Romania, Jordan, and many more.