Turkey’s Claims of Victimization by The European Powers

Turkey claims it was victimized by European Powers following the First World War. The fact is had the Europeans (Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Italy) not shored up the Ottomans, the ailing empire would have collapsed as early as the 1830 when the Egyptian army of Muhammad Ali conquered the Levant and entered Asia Minor on its way to Constantinople.

Turkey claims it was victimized by European Powers following the First World War. The fact is had the Europeans (Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Italy) not shored up the Ottomans, the ailing empire would have collapsed as early as the 1830 when the Egyptian army of Muhammad Ali conquered the Levant and entered Asia Minor on its way to Constantinople.