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Some 30 percent or more of the wartime Ottoman military of 3 million was been made up of Arab conscripts. Arab units served with distinction on all fronts, including Gallipoli and Russia.What?
Can you tell us in which period of the Ottoman Empire and in which military unit 30% were Arabs? And I would appreciate it if you could share with us the source you rely on when you say that 10% of the population in the Ottoman Empire was literate. You keep talking about your grandfather. My grandfather was also on duty in the Ottoman army on the Yemen front. He was beheaded by an Arab guide while he was sleeping, and the purpose of the Arab guide was to steal my grandfather's gold, which he took with him as life insurance. If you are assertive and serious enough to contact me; I can share the evidence of this incident with you. I never like the Young Turks or other so-called nationalists. Another issue; The Ottomans made the right move by agreeing with Germany. We can discuss this in detail. You definitely lack knowledge about the industry as well. Both education and literacy in the Ottoman Empire were much better than countries like Yemen (which did not exist at that time). There is no person in the world who does not know the Ottoman Empire. But before recent events, who knew Yemen and other Middle Eastern countries?
https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/arab_officers_in_the_ottoman_army#:~:text=Some 30 percent or more,fronts, including Gallipoli and Russia.
What are you talking about?
Six Reasons Why the Ottoman Empire Fell | HISTORY
The Ottoman Empire was once among the biggest military and economic powers in the world. So what happened?
www.history.com
Why was aligning with Germany the right move? You literally put yourself in a losing war which led to your collapse.
Why do you constantly spew that all Arabs were traitors? Some Arabs were traitors but many also fought with the ottomans including my great grandfather as I previously mentioned multiple times.
You grandfather was supposedly beheaded by an Arab guide in Yemen ?
What does that have to do with anything . I am Palestinian and my great grandfather fought in Yemen and he didn’t betray anyone.
You can blame Arabs as much as you want but your fellow Turks had as much of a role in the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Except you ruled over the Arabs and failed to modernize with the world.
Your nationalist views and nepotism destroyed the Ottoman Empire.
Decline of the Ottoman Empire | Reasons, Collapse, & Maps
Decline of the Ottoman empire, period of Ottoman history that followed the empire’s zenith in the 16th century until its dissolution in the 20th century.
www.britannica.com
Corruption and nepotism
Because the sultans no longer could control the devşirme by setting it against the Turkish notables, the devşirme gained control of the sultans and used the government for its own benefit rather than for the benefit of a sultan or his empire. In consequence, corruption and nepotism took hold at all levels of administration. In addition, with the challenge of the notables gone, the devşirme class itself broke into countless factions and parties, each working for its own advantage by supporting the candidacy of a particular imperial prince and forming close alliances with corresponding palace factions led by the mothers, sisters, and wives of each prince.
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