How was the turmoil in the Ottoman Empire an important cause in World War 1?

Answer 1

things happen and the ottoman empire form alliances with the wrong countries

AnswerThey were part of the Central Powers. The alliance that included Germany and Austria-Hungary. AnswerIt wasn't a cause really. These turmoils were active for more than a hundred years at that time and they were making the downfall of empire step by step. Tunisia, Egypt, Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece had all formed a government themselves and were keeping it that way. The turmoil though made a big opportunity for allies to dig the grave of Ottoman Empire, which can be considered as two parts. One of them are Arabic Revolt, the other is Armenian Revolt. Arab Sheiks formed a large number of militia troops which drove away the Ottoman forces from Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Jordan etc. Armenian revolt was supported both by Russia, France and indirectly, United States. This is a part which has many points of views and I am borrowing this part from Ottoman records, it is your initiative to believe or not. Both in Russian and French army, Armenian divisions existed, which did not come from somewhere in the air but from Armenians that lived in today's Armenia, today's East Turkey and today's south east Turkey. which were both populated by Turkish and Armenian people. Naturaly, being enemies with once doorstep neighbours drove guerrilla activities in both sides. Armenian guerrilla activities were not only on borders, together with armies, but were in the central of turkey as well. what is not really known is that ottoman empire does not take non-Muslims under conscription, but takes extra taxes from them, which means in more central regions, in Muslim Turkish villages there were only very old or very young men while armenians were not conscripted. thus after some of these guerrilla activities were made to these mostly women inhabited villages by some extreme nationalist groups the government arrested the Armenian intellectuals and leaders that organized this revolt, this day, which is named the genocide day today none of these leaders were killed or executed. However it was too late to avoid a social war between these two nation, as now there were slaughterings, rapings in both Turkish and Armenian villages which was unable to end without an action. while it's been claimed otherwise as armenians never became a major population in districts, at most it was 30 percent, the government could not separate Turkish and Armenian population. the solution was to immigrate armenians to todays syria, it was mostly dwelled by Arabs therefore it would not cause unrest. this was not and unorganized Immigration, the empty handed government still funded huge money for this immigration. as for the official statement (numbers about %95 accurate in my mind, can be a few thousands more or less) ; 178k was subject of this law, 158k reached syria, 5k was not moved ever, 10k were settled to empty areas on the way, 4k died mostly from diseases and a 1k from skirmishes made by local people.

as after these statements there can be two else things that must be said; -how come there has been a this big diaspora if all or even half of these people died/killed? -why is the genocide day in not a genocide? -why is the ottoman archives in turkey are being ignored by European historians?

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