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2016-05-15 The Grand Turk

Resentment over Sykes-Picot Deal Still Drives Turkey Foreign Policy

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Posted by trailing wife 2016-05-15 00:00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 Sykes-Picot, one of the less brilliant pages in European history.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-05-15 13:18|| 2016-05-15 13:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, don't lose wars. At least break even.

Russia lost Poland, the Baltic States, and Finland, later to be reclaimed for nearly 50 years (and looking to do so again). Germany lost the Danzig Corridor, African and Pacific colonies. The Austro-Hungarian Empire was broken up into several countries. Get over it.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-05-15 16:03|| 2016-05-15 16:03|| Front Page Top

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