"Turkey in the 20th century
Wlodzimierz Redzioch
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. During the same year the Grand National Assembly proclaimed the national government in Ankara, with Kemal Atatürk as its leader. "
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