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| • | World
War I was ultimately disastrous for the |
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| Ottoman
Empire, despite some early successes |
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| at
Gallipoli on the Dardanelles and Kut in Iraq |
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| • | Greece
was torn between the Triple Entente and |
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| the
Central Powers and exhausted by |
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| continuous
war from 1913-1922 |
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| • | During
the period 1914-1922, there were: |
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| – | 2,500,000
estimated Ottoman Muslim deaths (approx. |
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| 18%
of the total Ottoman Muslim population) |
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| – | 1,500,000
Ottoman Christian deaths (approx. 35% of |
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| the
total Ottoman Muslim population) |
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