Turkish War of Independence

groups, especially in the cases of majorities and minorities. In the case of the Armenian Genocide, fear of the other brought about the extermination of the Armenian minority in the Ottoman Empire in 1915. The genocide took place during and after World War I, and led to the death of approximately one million Armenians. The remaining Armenian population was…

United States and France (to name a few). Turkey is supportive of Sunni civilians, but also wants to quash any hopes the Kurdish people have of an uprising, this is based on centuries of oppression and the wish to prevent political or state Kurdish independence. Kurdish people are ethnic minorities in a vast amount of countries but are populous in Iran, Syria, Turkey and Iraq. So, whilst Turkey is allied with Kurdish people, in the plight against the government and IS, it is also bombing…

official name was Hellenic Republic which is a historiographic term used for a series of councils and “Provincial Governments” during the Greek War of Independence. Greece shares borders with four other countries including: Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Turkey. Greece has a strategic location dominating the Aegean Sea and southern approach to the Turkish Straits. Over sixteen thousand tourists visit each year to site see the main attractions: Athens where the olympic games first originated,…

oppressed and tossed around for the past century and are now in a position to create a sovereign state. Pre world war 1, the Kurds lived rather peacefully under the Ottoman Turks. The Ottomans only acted violently against the Kurds when there were calls for independence; otherwise, the Kurdish people spent their days herding sheep in the highlands of the Mesopotamian region. After the Great War, the Kurds found themselves under British rule. As the British developed the state of Iraq, it soon…

rivalries led to the "Great War" between the Central Powers (Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and Turkey) and the Allies (U.S., Britain, France, Russia, Belgium, Serbia, Greece, Romania, Montenegro, Portugal, Italy, and Japan). About 10 million combatants killed, 20 million wounded. Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand and wife assassinated in Sarajevo by Serbian nationalist, Gavrilo Princip (June 28). Austria declares war on Serbia (July 28). Germany declares war on Russia (Aug. 1), on…

The book began with four siblings who escape war by moving in with a Professor. Lucy the youngest discovers a magical world hidden inside of a wardrobe. This world was called Narnia; a land ruled under the wicked and cold hand of the White Witch. Lucy, her sister Susan, her brother Peter, and her…

Genocide. By outlining the causes of each atrocity, as well as the actions that took place as a result of these causes, I will be able to compare and contrast aspects of each genocide with the others. The Armenian Genocide took place during World War I when the Ottoman Empire’s government sought to systematically rid the nation of the Armenian people. In 1913, A nationalist political group at the time which referred to themselves as the “Young Turks” took total control of the government and…

it influenced the Vietnam war. When Franklin D Rosevelt entered the office the country was in a great despair. The country was already crippled by the great depression. Franklin D promised that he will lead the country out of the depression. Franklin D. Roosevelt broadcasted the “Fireside chats” the fireside chats informed the public about…

Every Balkan nation experienced occupation, dictatorship or civil war. The only Balkan power that did not fall to Communism was Greece, due to the secret agreement between Stalin and Churchill which limited Soviet influence and increased British power. Where Balkan Communism makes itself unique is in the notion of National…

living. In June of 1967 the Six-Day War took place and Egypt, Jordan and Syria fought against Israel and Arab. Egypt, Jordan and Syria lost to Israel and Arab. Ashamed that he lost Nasser resigned on public radio, but the resignation was only temporary. Egypt then fought in another war named, the War of Attrition from 1967 to 1970. Nasser died on September 28, 1970 due to a heart attack. When he died he left Egypt with bad financials for the Arab-Israeli Wars cost Egypt a substantial amount of…