The last days of the Ottoman Empire Evolutionary history Critics on all sides have

Critics on all sides have been quick to observe that the GND is a pipe dream that could never be implemented

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The last days of the Ottoman Empire Evolutionary history Critics on all sides haveThe Ottoman Empire had been one of the major facts in European history since the Middle Ages. By 1914 it had been much reduced, but still remained after Russia the largest European state. Stretching from the Adriatic to the Indian Ocean, the Empire was both a great political entity and a religious one, with the Sultan ruling over the Holy Sites and, as Caliph, the successor to Mohammed. Yet the Empire's fateful decision to support Germany and Austria