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NORTH AFRICA &SOUTHWEST ASIA III
(Chapter 7: 360-371)
THE EMPIRE STATES
TURKEY, IRAN, CYPRUS, AZERBAIJAN
IMPERIAL HERITAGE ARAB ETHNICITY GIVES WAY BUT
ISLAMIC CULTURE CONTINUES HIGH MOUNTAINS AND
PLATEAUS VS ROCKY AND SANDY DESERT
THE EMPIRE STATES
TURKEY TURKISH OTTOMAN EMPIRE
NOMADIC PEOPLES FROM THE STEPPES AND FORESTS OF SIBERIA
6TH CENTURY- ESTABLISHED AN EMPIRE STRETCHING FROM MONGOLIA TO THE BLACK SEA
SPREAD THE TURKIC LANGUAGE FAR AND WIDE DECLINED IN EARLY 1900s
MUSTAFA KEMAL (ATATURK) FATHER OF MODERN TURKEY MOVED CAPITAL FROM CONSTANTINOPLE TO
ANKARA WESTERNIZED TURKEY AND BROKE FREE FROM THE
ARAB WORLD
TURKEY(CONTINUED)
WESTERNIZATION ISLAM LOST OFFICIAL STATUS ROMAN ALPHABET REPLACED ARABIC ISLAMIC LAW REPLACED BY WESTERN CODE MONOGAMY BECAME LAW WOMEN GAINED RIGHTS TURKEY SEPARATED FROM ARAB WORLD
KURDISH POPULATION 14 MILLION- 1/5 OF TURKEY’S 70 MILLION SOUTHEAST TURKEY (IRAQ) - 3,000 BP;
RECENTLY-ISTANBUL ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM
CYPRUS POPULATION OF 900,000
PREDOMINANTLY GREEK SINCE ANCIENT TIMES
CONQUERED IN 1571 BY TURKS
1878- BRITISH TOOK CONTROL
AFTER WW II- INDEPENDENCE OR UNION WITH GREECE OR TURKEY?
1960- GRANTED INDEPENDENCE
1974- CIVIL WAR
1983- TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS SECEDED; 2 DE FACTO STATES EXIST
IRAN
A COUNTRY OF MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS
POPULATION OF 67 MILLION 66% URBANIZED NOMADISM OIL RESERVES 1980-1990 WAR WITH IRAQ CULTURAL TIES WITH IRAQ,
AZERBAIJAN, AFGHANISTAN
CHARACTERISTICS OF TURKESTAN
MOUNTAINS DESERTS OIL, COTTON PASTORALISM DIPLOMATIC REALIGNMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan
Turkmenistan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
5 STATES OF THE FORMER USSR
ETHNIC DIVERSITY
AFGHANISTAN
BUFFER STATE TURBULENT HISTORY MUJAHEDEEN TALIBAN ERA OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
E. J. PALKA
E. J. PALKA
E. J. PALKA
E. J. PALKA
E. J. PALKA
E. J. PALKA
NORTH AFRICA &SOUTHWEST ASIA III
(Chapter 7: 360-371)