Ottoman Empire And Palestine

In ottoman turkish the empire was referred to as devlet i ʿalīye yi ʿosmānīye دولت عليه عثمانیه literally the.

Ottoman empire and palestine. The ottoman empire lasted from the early 14th century until the end of world war i and covered parts of southeastern europe anatolia and much of the middle east. The partition of the ottoman empire 30 october 1918 1 november 1922 was a geopolitical event that occurred after world war i and the occupation of constantinople by british french and italian troops in november 1918. The history of palestine is the study of the past in the region of palestine generally defined as a geographic region in the southern levant between the mediterranean sea and the jordan river where israel and palestine are today and various adjoining lands. The strategic importance of the area is immense.

A family in ramallah north of jerusalem from 1516 until the end of world war i the whole region of western asia was part of the ottoman empire. It follows therefore that before palestine is liberated every other former ottoman territory must be reconquered by turkey. The partitioning was planned in several agreements made by the allied powers early in the course of world war i notably the sykes picot agreement after the ottoman empire. Palestine area of the eastern mediterranean comprising parts of modern israel along with the west bank and the gaza strip.

Ottoman palestine the following is excerpted from part one of before their diaspora. This empire included palestine see the location of jerusalem. Through it pass the main roads from egypt to syria and from the mediterranean to the hills beyond the jordan river. Osman s name in turn was the turkish form of the arabic name ʿuthmān عثمان.

This map shows in dark brown the ottoman empire s territory in 1914 at the beginning of wwi. For example twenty years after ottoman soldiers had conquered jerusalem in 1516 incorporating palestine into an empire which stretched around the mediterranean from north africa to greece and eastwards to iraq sultan suleiman the magnificent ordered the construction of the iconic walls which still encircle the old city of jerusalem. The word ottoman is a historical anglicisation of the name of osman i the founder of the empire and of the ruling house of osman also known as the ottoman dynasty. Because every setback for palestine only vindicates erdoğan s preferred neo ottoman narrative which is that arab nationalists should feel guilty and ashamed for having betrayed the ottoman empire in world war one.

The experience of jews in the ottoman empire is particularly significant because the. By the time the ottoman empire rose to power in the 14th and 15th centuries there had been jewish communities established throughout the region.