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Why did the Ottoman Caliphate fall 99 years ago? - with Dr Yakoob Ahmed

The Thinking Muslim

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The Rise and Fall of the Ottoman Empire

Even prior to the first world war the Ottomans had in effect been become economically bankrupt. Muslims from Malaysia to Indonesia coming to Istanbul looking at Istanbul as a possible model of survival. World War II is another car crash moment and you see that in the case of the French, Russia and United States of America. If you look at Turkey as a model right now it still sits on that historical path in comparison to the Arab provinces and the Balkans.

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