The downfall of the Ottoman Empire and the Establishment of the Turkish Republic

Introduction

Ottoman Empire was last of the Islamic empires which ruled a collective Islamic world for considerable period of time before vanishing into the history . Ottoman Empire was once considered as one of the finest and most successful empires in the region of Europe and Middle East However , during its later period especially after 1800s it started to weaken and became smaller and smaller with defeats being faced at the hands of European as well as internal revolts within the empire resulted into its break up

What caused that break up

of the empire is an issue of utmost importance because it indicates towards the fact that how the rift between the people and the government can lead to the disintegration The so called sick man , Ottoman Empire was brought to an end through bitter wars and the subsequent affiliation of the empire with German in World War , I . The subsequent emergence of Turkish Republic on more modern lines indicates that how popular sentiments coupled with right leadership can lead to the emergence of a completely new identity for a country . Brockett is of the view that the success of Ataturk as the reformist leader in Turkey is largely based on two different historic trends . One indicates the departure of Turkey from its past to re-emerge as a country with an entirely new identity whereas on a much broader scale , the reformation in Turkey is viewed as the continuity of the Ottoman era (Brockett

In this essay I will argue...