HIST 151 Lecture Notes - Ottoman Turkish Language, Kurdish Languages, Turkey
19 Nov 2012
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The successor to the ottoman empire in anatolia, the turkish nation state. Kamal (who became known as ataturk), to secure and preserve power. Ataturk initial legitimacy as a political leader was derived very heavily from his military triumph, one that happened on the 30th of. August 1922 over greek forces at izmir (otherwise known as. The struggle for turkish independence that mustafa kamal lead was, to a large degree, one of ethnic purification. One that was intended to crush the aspiration of the greeks, the. Armenians, and the kurds who lived in anatolia and who themselves aspired to self determination after the first ww. And during that struggle, just to give an idea of the extend to which this ethnic purification took place, the percentage of muslims in. Anatolia rose from 80% to 98%: now, just to give some raw numbers .
