

If the Ottoman Empire had never fallen, then there would still be trouble in the Middle East, only a different kind: The Arabs in the Hejaz and the Arabs in Syria were already looking for an opportunity to revolt against the Ottomans. In Modern Turkish, it is known as Osmanlı İmparatorluğu (“The Ottoman Empire”) or Osmanlı Devleti (“The Ottoman State”). The Ottoman period spanned more than 600 years and came to an end only in 1922, when it was replaced by the Turkish Republic and various successor states in southeastern Europe and the Middle East.


