Historian Orhan Koroglu gives a fascinating take on a topic some historians might enjoy, 100 years after the beginning of World War I.
His take is that the Ottoman Empire had collapsed on its own and could not have continued. His take that "There were no Turks (in 1900), only Ottomans", will give a new twist to those in the west who seek reasons to put Turkey down. Also, his take on the number of dead (Ottoman Turks and Armenians) may give readers reason to pause and absorb a different point of view.
Comments such as, "There was nothing to be proud of the Ottoman Empire (in its death throes)" will not be appreciated by many Turks.
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His take is that the Ottoman Empire had collapsed on its own and could not have continued. His take that "There were no Turks (in 1900), only Ottomans", will give a new twist to those in the west who seek reasons to put Turkey down. Also, his take on the number of dead (Ottoman Turks and Armenians) may give readers reason to pause and absorb a different point of view.
Comments such as, "There was nothing to be proud of the Ottoman Empire (in its death throes)" will not be appreciated by many Turks.
Read more
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