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00:00ceased to exist. But why is that? Well, there's a few reasons. The first one being the British
00:07occupation of Istanbul. In 1914, when war broke out in Europe, the Ottoman government decided to
00:14side with the Central Powers, which included Germany and Austria-Hungary. And in return for
00:21this alliance, the Germans gave them some military aid. However, it wasn't enough. Now before the
00:28war, the Ottomans had already been in decline for quite some time. And so, they were not able to
00:35hold off the Russians on the Caucasus Front, and the British, and the French in the Middle East.
00:41As a result, the Ottoman army suffered a number of defeats. And then in 1916, the British launched
00:49an attack against the Dardanelles and successfully captured the Gallipoli Peninsula. And so, then the
00:56British occupied key parts of Turkey, including the capital city of Istanbul. The second reason
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