tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post2691280253773440600..comments2024-03-20T01:06:12.181-04:00Comments on MEI Editor's Blog: For the 11th Hour of the 11th Day of the 11th MonthUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post-8956574839262056942013-11-13T00:15:20.256-05:002013-11-13T00:15:20.256-05:00True. And a good idea for a future blog post. Acco...True. And a good idea for a future blog post. According to this point two of the three regiments of the Ottoman 19th Division were Syrian Arabs: http://www.aljazeera.com/archive/2004/01/200849135129326810.htmlMichael Collins Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07398326467953722017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post-45690992843423120552013-11-12T20:56:51.724-05:002013-11-12T20:56:51.724-05:00Turkey, New Zealand, and Australia commemorate thi...Turkey, New Zealand, and Australia commemorate this tragedy together every year in Gallipoli. While the French and British have belatedly begun to pay tribute to the colonial troups that in staggering numbers fought and died for them, to my knowledge, Turkey has as yet not recognized the origins of the Ottoman troups that fought in that and other battles during WWI. Ataturk praised them. In Gallipoli, it has been estimated that at least a third of the troops were from the Arab provinces and an equal number of Albanians. Prominent Arab Ottomans who would later go over to the Arab Army and play important roles in the new Arab states fought there. For nationalistic reasons, this and other wartime connections have gone unrecognized by Turkey and the Arab states alike.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com