I want to work on creating a secular Arab State...Now I have most of my ideas and TLs and things for AFTER its created, it's getting it CREATED that I need help with. So, PLEASE! Comment/Review/Edit/Critique, EVRYTHING my rought TL:
thanks!
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1908:
-The Young Turk Revolution spreads into the Levant and even further into Arabia. Turkish youth force the Sultan to re-establish Constitutional Rule; however some demand the abolishment of the monarchy. These anti-monarchists flee to Syria, where they are welcomed as heroes by the oppressed Arabs of the southern Ottoman Empire. Further in Arabia, the Sharif of Mecca, Hussein bin Ali and his eldest son, declare their support for the Constitutional monarchy. However, a large faction of the Hashemite clan now favors the abolishment of monarchy, saying it is “against the Qur’an.” After much debate between his father and brother, Emir Faisal declares his support for the abolishment of the Ottoman monarchy.
-Meanwhile, in Europe, David Wolfsohn is killed in a car accident, and Theodor Herzl becomes President of the Zionist Congress for a second time.
1909:
-The Arab revolt spreads into the Najd, when Faisal and the anti-Ottoma monarchists allies the anti-monarchist Hashemites, with the Rashidis. Many more Hashemites join Faisal’s faction, and soon other Hejazi tribes join too.
-In Istambul, the Prince Mehmed declares his support for the constitutional Young Turks. Abdul Hamid II attempts to have Prince Mehmed killed. The Young Turks and most of Turkey join in an uprising against Abdul Hamid II, in favor of Prince Mehmed. Meanwhile, both groups oppose the anti-monarchists, and many flee to the Levant. The Ottoman Empire is now in full civil war.
-The Christians of Syria and Palestine begin fighting alongside the anti-monarchists
1910:
-Germany declares their support for the pro-Western Prince Mehmed and the consitutionalists. President Armand Fallières petitions the National Assembly to begin aiding the Republican movement amongst the Arabs.
-The Egyptians declare neutrility, though they are secretly supplying the Republican Arabs in the Hejaz, and the consitutionalists in Turkey.
1911:
-The Republican Arabs, now the majority in Syria, Palestine, and the Hejaz declare independence from Turkey. Emir Faisal is elected “President of the Arab Union,” by the leading Republican Arab officers. Prince Mehmed recognizes their independence, splitting the Constitutionalist faction into two: The Monarchist-Turks, favoring a Turkey free from the Levant and Arabia; and the Constitutionalist-Imperials, which formed a slight majority in Iraq, and which favored a consitutional monarchy throughout the Empire.
-The Monarchist Hashemites join Faisal’s army, under the condition known as the Beirut Accords: The nation will be a republic at the top, federal level; but monarchist emirates will be allowed as subnational divisions.
-The Saudis sign a cease-fire with the Rashidis, diving the eastern Arabian penninsula between them. Emir Abdulaziz bin Saud declares himself “King of Saudi Arabia,” which soon thereafter signs an alliance with the Arab Union, Pan-Arabia Alliance, which declares Mecca and Medina to be a condominium of both States, while the Hashemites are recognized as “Sharifs.”
1912:
-Great Britain and Egypt declare a joint statement of support for “all Arabs desiring independence.” The Russian czar attempts to declare Russian support for “complete autocratic rights of absolute monarchs throughout the world,” beginning the Russian Civil War.
-Abdul Hamid II is assasinated, and Prince Abdul Mejid is declared Sultan by the Absolutists. The Ottoman Civil War is now divided into factions: Absolutists, Monarchist-Turks, Consitutional-Imperialists, and Republicans. Jerusalem, the last Turkish stronghold in the Levant, is captured by a Saudi expedition.
-Czar Nicholas II orders troops to restore Abdul Mejid as absolute ruler. Though 1,000 men follow orders, the rest of the military declares it’s support for the Provisional Government. Princess Olga escapes the Palace to meet with the Rebels, and declares her support for them.
1913:
-The Consitutional-Imperialists recognize Mehmed as Sultan of Turkey, and recognize the Arab Union. The absorb themselves into the Monarchist-Turks. In Russia, the Imperial Family is imprisoned. The Provisional Government of Russia declares Olga “Her Imperial MajestyOlga I, By the Will of the Russian People, Empress of Russia.” She acknowledges Consitutional Rule, in return for the release of her mother and sisters.
-The Monarchist-Turks now hold Western Turkey and Iraq, with the Absolutists in control in between.
-The Monarchist-Turks and the Arab Union sign an alliance.
1914:
-The World Zionist Conference, with support of the British and Provisional Russian Governments, offers to purchase Tierra del Fuego from Argentina and Chile for $34,000,000. Meanwhile, Great Britain opens up the Falkland Islands for Jewish immigration. 30,000 Jews leave Eastern Europe for the long voyage to the Falklands. Falkland settlers are offered compensation by His Majesty’s Australian Government, and offered to be re-imbursed with land in Western Australia.
-The New Falkland Territory is created by the Australian government for the immigrants.
-The people of Basra and southern Iraq join the Arab Republicans, alarming the British with their protectorate in Kuweit. The Arab Union promises to recognize the British interests in Kuweit, Bahrain, and Trucial Oman, in return for full support. The Treaty of Manama between the Arab Union and Great Britain seals this. British troops begi entering Arabia and the Levant from Egypt. With their help, the Arabs and their allies the Monarchist-Turks, quickly bring about an end to the Ottoman Civil War.
1915:
-The Absolutists are defeated at the final Battle of Aleppo. Abdul Mejid is executed by hanging in Istambul, along with other Absolutist supporters, and captured Russian soldiers. The newly declared “United Kingdom of Turkey,” is to include remaining Turkish lands in Asia, and the small European territory. It recognized the Balkan nations, as well as the Arab Union.
-The Athens conference officially ends the Ottoman Empire. Libya is awarded to Egypt. Northern Iraq becomes a full province of the United Kingdom of Turkey. The Arab Union and Saudi Arabia mark their border. The UKT becomes the world’s first declared “multicultural state,” with full rights extending to all Turks, Greeks, Kurds, Assyrians, and Arabs. Mustafa Kemal Pasha becomes the first Prime Minister. The UKT officially becomes a secular state, and begins rapid westernization. Kuweit is expanded
thanks!
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1908:
-The Young Turk Revolution spreads into the Levant and even further into Arabia. Turkish youth force the Sultan to re-establish Constitutional Rule; however some demand the abolishment of the monarchy. These anti-monarchists flee to Syria, where they are welcomed as heroes by the oppressed Arabs of the southern Ottoman Empire. Further in Arabia, the Sharif of Mecca, Hussein bin Ali and his eldest son, declare their support for the Constitutional monarchy. However, a large faction of the Hashemite clan now favors the abolishment of monarchy, saying it is “against the Qur’an.” After much debate between his father and brother, Emir Faisal declares his support for the abolishment of the Ottoman monarchy.
-Meanwhile, in Europe, David Wolfsohn is killed in a car accident, and Theodor Herzl becomes President of the Zionist Congress for a second time.
1909:
-The Arab revolt spreads into the Najd, when Faisal and the anti-Ottoma monarchists allies the anti-monarchist Hashemites, with the Rashidis. Many more Hashemites join Faisal’s faction, and soon other Hejazi tribes join too.
-In Istambul, the Prince Mehmed declares his support for the constitutional Young Turks. Abdul Hamid II attempts to have Prince Mehmed killed. The Young Turks and most of Turkey join in an uprising against Abdul Hamid II, in favor of Prince Mehmed. Meanwhile, both groups oppose the anti-monarchists, and many flee to the Levant. The Ottoman Empire is now in full civil war.
-The Christians of Syria and Palestine begin fighting alongside the anti-monarchists
1910:
-Germany declares their support for the pro-Western Prince Mehmed and the consitutionalists. President Armand Fallières petitions the National Assembly to begin aiding the Republican movement amongst the Arabs.
-The Egyptians declare neutrility, though they are secretly supplying the Republican Arabs in the Hejaz, and the consitutionalists in Turkey.
1911:
-The Republican Arabs, now the majority in Syria, Palestine, and the Hejaz declare independence from Turkey. Emir Faisal is elected “President of the Arab Union,” by the leading Republican Arab officers. Prince Mehmed recognizes their independence, splitting the Constitutionalist faction into two: The Monarchist-Turks, favoring a Turkey free from the Levant and Arabia; and the Constitutionalist-Imperials, which formed a slight majority in Iraq, and which favored a consitutional monarchy throughout the Empire.
-The Monarchist Hashemites join Faisal’s army, under the condition known as the Beirut Accords: The nation will be a republic at the top, federal level; but monarchist emirates will be allowed as subnational divisions.
-The Saudis sign a cease-fire with the Rashidis, diving the eastern Arabian penninsula between them. Emir Abdulaziz bin Saud declares himself “King of Saudi Arabia,” which soon thereafter signs an alliance with the Arab Union, Pan-Arabia Alliance, which declares Mecca and Medina to be a condominium of both States, while the Hashemites are recognized as “Sharifs.”
1912:
-Great Britain and Egypt declare a joint statement of support for “all Arabs desiring independence.” The Russian czar attempts to declare Russian support for “complete autocratic rights of absolute monarchs throughout the world,” beginning the Russian Civil War.
-Abdul Hamid II is assasinated, and Prince Abdul Mejid is declared Sultan by the Absolutists. The Ottoman Civil War is now divided into factions: Absolutists, Monarchist-Turks, Consitutional-Imperialists, and Republicans. Jerusalem, the last Turkish stronghold in the Levant, is captured by a Saudi expedition.
-Czar Nicholas II orders troops to restore Abdul Mejid as absolute ruler. Though 1,000 men follow orders, the rest of the military declares it’s support for the Provisional Government. Princess Olga escapes the Palace to meet with the Rebels, and declares her support for them.
1913:
-The Consitutional-Imperialists recognize Mehmed as Sultan of Turkey, and recognize the Arab Union. The absorb themselves into the Monarchist-Turks. In Russia, the Imperial Family is imprisoned. The Provisional Government of Russia declares Olga “Her Imperial MajestyOlga I, By the Will of the Russian People, Empress of Russia.” She acknowledges Consitutional Rule, in return for the release of her mother and sisters.
-The Monarchist-Turks now hold Western Turkey and Iraq, with the Absolutists in control in between.
-The Monarchist-Turks and the Arab Union sign an alliance.
1914:
-The World Zionist Conference, with support of the British and Provisional Russian Governments, offers to purchase Tierra del Fuego from Argentina and Chile for $34,000,000. Meanwhile, Great Britain opens up the Falkland Islands for Jewish immigration. 30,000 Jews leave Eastern Europe for the long voyage to the Falklands. Falkland settlers are offered compensation by His Majesty’s Australian Government, and offered to be re-imbursed with land in Western Australia.
-The New Falkland Territory is created by the Australian government for the immigrants.
-The people of Basra and southern Iraq join the Arab Republicans, alarming the British with their protectorate in Kuweit. The Arab Union promises to recognize the British interests in Kuweit, Bahrain, and Trucial Oman, in return for full support. The Treaty of Manama between the Arab Union and Great Britain seals this. British troops begi entering Arabia and the Levant from Egypt. With their help, the Arabs and their allies the Monarchist-Turks, quickly bring about an end to the Ottoman Civil War.
1915:
-The Absolutists are defeated at the final Battle of Aleppo. Abdul Mejid is executed by hanging in Istambul, along with other Absolutist supporters, and captured Russian soldiers. The newly declared “United Kingdom of Turkey,” is to include remaining Turkish lands in Asia, and the small European territory. It recognized the Balkan nations, as well as the Arab Union.
-The Athens conference officially ends the Ottoman Empire. Libya is awarded to Egypt. Northern Iraq becomes a full province of the United Kingdom of Turkey. The Arab Union and Saudi Arabia mark their border. The UKT becomes the world’s first declared “multicultural state,” with full rights extending to all Turks, Greeks, Kurds, Assyrians, and Arabs. Mustafa Kemal Pasha becomes the first Prime Minister. The UKT officially becomes a secular state, and begins rapid westernization. Kuweit is expanded
