sanitation@lemmy.today to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoTIL the Sykes-Picot Agreement that was meant to partition the Ottoman Empire after WWI awarded Constantinople to Russiа.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down11
arrow-up126arrow-down1external-linkTIL the Sykes-Picot Agreement that was meant to partition the Ottoman Empire after WWI awarded Constantinople to Russiа.en.wikipedia.orgsanitation@lemmy.today to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareFleur_@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoI’m still awed by how alright Türkiye has done all things considered. I mean their predecessor state lost ww1 and then they decided they weren’t going to lose and then didn’t. It’s like if France won at Waterloo and then everyone left them to it.
I’m still awed by how alright Türkiye has done all things considered. I mean their predecessor state lost ww1 and then they decided they weren’t going to lose and then didn’t. It’s like if France won at Waterloo and then everyone left them to it.