VPILF!

[Kaan]

it all depends on the text books you read. the technical way its taught in turkish schools (which we dont bother to teach at all here) is that the formation of the republic started before WW1. The thought of the republic and the fighting about it took many years to take hold.

Jews were welcome in the Ottoman Empire... and in the republic. Part of the mainstay of the republic was they werent just going to say they had religious freedom but enforce it.

There were plenty of jewish settlements in Israel before it was even created. They were started under the protection of the Empire/Republic. When it was dismantled after WW1 they lost their protection and had to fight to stay.

The creation of the state of Israel made the issue worse. but the issue started when they divided the turkish nation.

I'd be shot in Turkey for saying this... but a lot of that is Attaturks fault for backing zzzz Germans!

5 years after the end of the war Turkey finally became a republic. But during the war is when it really started. what better time to start a rebellion? the army isnt at home.