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2011.
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| Summary/Abstract |
IN THE 20TH CENTURY, time stalled in Turkey and decline reigned. During World War I, the country was falling apart under the blows of foreign armies which came to grab the rich territories of the Middle East. Having lost Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq it shrank to its historical minimum. Tukey's foreign policy impact hinged on the Black Sea straits' exceptional geographic importance and was limited to Asia Minor.
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