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turkey claiming larger borders


ayin jade

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The map on turkish tv claims a bit of extra territory in several countries, basically the old ottoman empire. 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/turkey-maps-reclaiming-ottoman-empire-200053589.html

Their new map

https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/misaki-milli-nedir.jpg

Their real borders

http://www.countrywatch.com/Content/Images/vCOUNTRY/176_map.gif

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How can anyone state whose borders are their real borders when the west carved up the Middle East out of the corpse of the ottoman empire to suit themselves.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-balfour-declaration

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/britain-and-france-conclude-sykes-picot-agreement

http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-the-curse-of-sykes-picot-still-haunts-the-middle-east

 

 

 

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