Friday, December 22, 2006

Sufi News and Sufism World Report

"Turkey in the 20th century: between Sufi groups, the EU and radical Islam
By Wlodzimierz Redzioch - Sunday Catholic Weekly - Czestochowa,Poland
Wednesday, December 6, 2006

In the 19th century the large Ottoman Empire began losing its lands and its definitive collapse was after World War I. In 1908 the Young Turks seized power and they were in favour of introducing the constitutional system and during the war they were Germany's allies. In 1920, after the defeat, under the terms of the Treaty of Sèvres, the Ottoman Empire ceased to exist."

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