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| The Grand Turk |
| Resentment over Sykes-Picot Deal Still Drives Turkey Foreign Policy |
| 2016-05-15 |
| [AnNahar] Resentment over the Sykes-Picot Agreement between Britannia and La Belle France that carved up the Middle East from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire remains, 100 years later, a major factor in Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... 's foreign policy. The May 1916 accord, signed by two British and French diplomats as defeat began to loom in World War I for Germany and its allies, created spheres of influence in the Ottoman-ruled Middle East which to a large extent helped define the borders of modern states including Syria, Leb, Iraq and Israel. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #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 |
| #1 Sykes-Picot, one of the less brilliant pages in European history. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-05-15 13:18 |