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message to everyone that there is no coming back for the Ottoman Empire.

The occupation marked the peak of the British Empire. Through occupation,
they wished to suppress the Islamic awakening and find new prospective

colonies.

The most important symbolic message of the Istanbul occupation was the

removal of the Turks from Europe, whereby the Ottoman Empire would no
longer be considered a part of Europe. Istanbul had always been the 'Eastern

Capital' of Europe. Ancient Greeks, Venetians, Romans, Genoese and Byzan-
tines had chosen this beautiful city as their home. The 600-year Ottoman

rule in Istanbul made the Ottoman Empire European. An occupation would,
therefore, mean the removal of the Turks from Europe.

The British public considered the Ottoman alliance with Germany in

WWI as a betrayal and wanted this 'betrayal' to be punished. However, as re-
viewed in the previous pages, this alliance was somehow forced by the British

deep state, but various circles voiced that this so-called betrayal should not
be left unpunished. The British deep state was convinced that the occupation

of Istanbul would give the Ottoman Empire the harshest punishment and
would make the Turks pay the heavy price of betrayal. Indeed, many believed

that Istanbul being taken from the Turks would be the surest sign of their de-
feat and the Islamic world would stop viewing the Turks as the 'victorious sol-

diers of Islam'. According to the British deep state, this occupation had to be
extremely humiliating and conclusive so that everyone would be convinced

that the Turks were irreversibly defeated. The British deep state believed that
this was essential for the purposes of its domination policy, yet another dis-

play of its twisted mentality regarding the Ottoman Empire.

However, the British plans wouldn't work because they didn't take Ana-

tolian people into account. The Anatolian independence movement led by
Mustafa Kemal and his colleagues reminded the whole world once again why
the Turks were considered the victorious soldiers of Islam. Over the next

three years, the victors of the WWI completely retreated from Ottoman lands,

having suffered a humiliating defeat. French, Italians, Greeks and British,
one by one, conceded defeat, signed peace treaties and sent their troops back
home.

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