HIST 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Shia Islam, Turkish Nationalism, French Mandate For Syria And The Lebanon
12 Dec 2017
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Islam is the dominant religion, most are sunni muslims. At the end of wwi mandate system. Preparing the countries for independence, promise of freedom down the line. Bring the country into the 20th / 21st century. What"s left of the otto(cid:373)a(cid:374) e(cid:373)pire after wwi. Ottomans allied with germany in wwi, led to the falling of the country. Turkish thought of themselves as imperialistic, that they ruled over themselves and others. Angered when the british wanted to colonize them. Some were happy when the british and french came in after the empire fell, but many were not. Ara(cid:271)s u(cid:374)der turkish (cid:272)o(cid:374)trol (cid:449)ere disappoi(cid:374)ted (cid:449)he(cid:374) they do(cid:374)"t get their o(cid:449)(cid:374) (cid:272)ou(cid:374)try. Upsurge of turkish nationalism as a direct response to the british being in their country. Came the idea of beating the british at their own game: reform. Mustafa kemal (1881-1938)- father of turkey (cid:862)ataturk(cid:863) Angry at the british for being oppressive, angry at the sultan for being so weak.
