An empire unredeemed: tracing the Ottoman's State's path toward collapse
Abstract
Ottoman rule ended without the consent of most Balkan, North African, Levantian, or Mesopotamian
citizens. The establishment of post-Ottoman borders, states, and cultures took place in the wake of
foreign conquest. The chapter explains how ending the Ottoman Empire was not necessarily a natural
outcome of the First World War. Additionally, Mustafa Kemal/the National Assembly could have
maintained the Ottoman mantle and preserved the notion of an empire in Anatolia. Greece’s invasion
and occupation cemented the National Movement’s claim that it represented a Muslim and Turkish majority. De-Ottomanization, for the most part, was not decolonization; nationalism or popular agency had little to do with lands removed from the sultan’s domain. However, when looking specifically at the
development of nationalist political cultures in the aftermath of 1918, it is clear that the violence unleashed had a profound impact upon perception of the Ottoman legacy.
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