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The ottoman empire was called the sick man of Europe. Because it had fallen behind in every aspect and was living in the past. Corruption and lack of freedom of thought ruined it... Muslim Empires were known for their openess and willingness to adopt to new realities... instead they fell back and did a injustice to the "ummah" ... in the subcontinent the muslims blindly supported the turks while the Arabs resented their ruthlessness.
When Europe was under the darkness that time ottoman caliphate was passing their golden era. Now why ( Western) says the word, SICK MAN> let's find it out..
Because it was the only European country to lose territory in the 19th and early 20th century.This question leads us to the overwhelming answer which is Ottoman caliphate is known as the Empire of Tolerance. Armenians tried to take advantage of the worst time during the history of the caliphate. They were, therefore, transported into Syria. That is all! to Freank---- You should never underestimate us. Simply logic does not apply to international affairs. If you searched what Armenians want, you would not tell " they do not want money " Fortunately, Turks are not as " naive and stupid " as some fellow foreigners. Furthermore, of course there were revolts, and Ottoman caliphate put down the revolts by the use of military force against rebellions, " NOT AGAINST CIVILIANS ". Hamidiye regiments were established for preventing the Armenian terrorism as Armenian terrorists attacked Turkish villages, and slaughtered innocent people. Edit : To Frank, If this is your definition of being slave, you must know everybody were slaves during that part of history. Did Turks has any privilege? Not at all. International politics always change, but Turkey has never hesitated to do whatever has been needed being done. Whatever it takes, Turkey does it, and you must know that too.
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Had we won the war first of all those Balkan terrorists would have been crushed (serbian nationalists to this day still worship princip) which would have avoided the Yugoslav wars of secession in the 1990s preventing the deaths of multiple Croatians, Bosnian Muslims & Albanians in Kosovo (although the last is debatable as the Albanian majority only came because of Enver Hoxha's purges & crackdowns). the ottoman empire would have survived & rebounded from it's stagnation due to the oil boom (in addition with the ottomans in full strength there would have been no Zionist-Jewish state in Palestine ensuring the M.E would be every bit as prosperous as Europe), without Hitler & the commies rising to power & under German leadership i think eastern Europe would also have been much better off.
the British empire would have also fully lost it's former image of an unbreakable empire would would have likely lead to nationalist movements throughout the empire to gain Independence. France would still go through a depression & would still want to go to war with Germany over Alsace-Lorraine.
& without world war 2 65 million or so people would have survived
All in all yes it would be a better world. However to say it would be perfect wouldn't be true.. I imagine there would still be a pacific war with japan of some sort, the communists in Russia unless fully toppled would still carry out their monstrosities & the Austro-Hungarian empire would likely go into civil war after WW1 due to the Balkan & Slavic nationalists partnered with the death of kaiser Franz Josef in 1916. that said a prosperous middle east & the protection of the German monarchy would be well worth it.
The Ottoman Empire was very dependent on different European countries. It was going through many difficulties, and was having a hard time advancing as an empire. This dependency led to many other problems in the region.
The European countries it relied on took advance of its dependence, with many exorbitant loans and interests, and helped lead to its decline and eventual downfall.It really shows how much you know of history of your country! Its a very complex question and mixing everything together, a whole book should discuss the answer! I know you can't find these kind of books in the most free republic of our world, Turkey. But these books study exactly your answer. Istanbul and civilization of Ottoman caliphate (Bernard Lewis) The Armenian Genocide (Esmaeel Raeen) (Second one written by an Iranian writer) sorry I couldn't type it all!