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AnatoliaAsian part of Turkey, consisting of a mountainous peninsula with the Black Sea to the north, the Aegean Sea to the west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This also plays to a central part of the Turkish national
narrative--that of the persecuted Turks, forced back into Anatolia via
massive bouts of ethnic cleansing in the Balkans, the Middle East and
the Caucasus, as the Ottoman Empire collapsed in the later 19th and
early 20th centuries. In fact, the Arabs didn't outright conquer
Palestine, Syria, Anatolia, Egypt, North Africa, Iraq, and the Iranian
plateau. ' But, he said, it was precipitated by Armenians
taking up arms in eastern Anatolia and siding with invading Russian
troops. |
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