The role of secret treaties in world war 1 in dissolution and breakup Ottoman Empire

Subject Areas : Epistemological and methodological researcher of historical research

saeid najafinezhad ¹ (کارشناس امورپژوهشی/ دفتر تبلیغات اسلامی)

Received: 2015-11-11 Accepted : 2017-02-18 Published : 2018-10-30

Keywords: :" the Ottoman Empire partition", " secret world war1 treaties", "treaty of Sevres", " treaty of Lausanne",

Abstract :

During world war 1, the Allied signed some secret treaties regarding to weakening and partition of the Ottoman Empire. To make a good comprehension of how the Ottoman Empire partition happened, and which reasons and settings led to it, we'd better know the essence of these treaties and their effects on the Ottoman Empire annihilation. The question that what additional short term aims the Allied pursued via these treaties, except their main purpose, i.e., the partition of the Ottoman Empire is another thing arises regarding this subject. Totally, it seems signing the secret treaties of association between some European countries, also between these countries and the leading secessionists of Arabic areas of the Ottoman Empire and separating that territory into some imaginary parts before they were supposed to do so had affected very much the annihilation of Ottoman Caliphate process. Therefore, by analyzing sources date back to last years of Ottoman Empire era, also worthwhile and available sources about world war 1 events and its subsequences, we can develop correct perception of these secret treaties and their role in dissolution of the Ottoman Caliphate. Keywords: the Ottoman Empire partition, secret world war1 treaties, treaty of Sevres, treaty of Lausanne