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The Ottomans

Episode two tells the story of the decline of the Ottoman Empire, the fall Sultan Abdul Hamid II, the rise of the young Turk government in his place - and the history of the Ottoman-Germany relationship which led to the Treaty of Alliance between them in August 1914. The war saw the rise of feelings of nationalism among the Arabs of North Africa and the Levant. But the Ottoman response was to crack down hard on the Arabs of Greater Syria – and many leading intellectuals were executed, sentenced to long jail terms or forced into exile under the authoritarian governorship of Jamal Pasha.

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  • Originally Aired November 27, 2014
  • Runtime 45 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-14
  • Network Al Jazeera America
  • Created May 8, 2017 by
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  • Modified December 12, 2021 by
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