[Alumni-chat] Britain and France carved up the Ottoman Empire together, and the gift of Antioch to Turkey was part of the carve up!

[YAZZ ALLEN]

Nov. 10, 07
   
  Hi from Yazz (David) Allen '66! (YazzAllen at Yahoo.Com)!
   
  Thanks for Stan Morse's words about the part of France turning Syria's important ancient city of Antioch (renamed "Antakya") to the Turks.
   
  Prior to WWI, Syria was  part of Turkey´s Ottoman Empire, which had the bad taste and bad luck to side with Germany, which got defeated in that famous war..Syria was occupied in 1920 by France, in accordance with a League of Nations mandate.
   
  Both Britain and France were anxious to hold onto their empire offshore holdings, and expand them, which is how the Ottoman Empire real estate they got from winning WWI got used.   Part for France, part for Britain, etc., etc.
   
  The behind the scenes smoke filled rooms at Versailles were certainly all about the winners getting control of the land lost by the losers of WWI, and, as usual, the crafty Brits were big players in deciding who got what.
   
  With respect, it isn't accurate to state "Britain had nothing to do with"  Antioch's (Antakya's) being given to Turkey.   Britain was in the thick of everything part of the Treaty Of Versaille and the League of Nations mandate.
   
  Britain gets involved in everything international.....most recently as the Bush administration's number one supporter and helper in the current Iraq War. 
   
  Best,
  Yazz (David) Allen '66
  YazzAllen at Yahoo.Com
   
                      
                  


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