8. The impact of the First World War up to 1923
The Ottomans had lost the war; although this was a catastrophe it was actually the events after the war which led to the final demise of the Empire. As Eugene Rogan writes, 'Caught between the conflicting demands of the victorious powers and Turkish nationalists, the Ottomans ultimately fell more as a result of the terms of the peace than of the magnitude of their defeat'. What was the impact of the Peace Treaties...