History of the Modern Middle East / Module 12

Turkey and Iran After World War I

Turkey and Iran are examined as postwar transformations outside the Arab mandate framework. The lesson contrasts their paths with the countries placed under British and French control.

Learning objectives

  • Trace postwar state formation in Turkey and Iran.

Transcript excerpt

Excerpt from the lesson transcript

The second and third things that I want to talk about are two countries that were outside of the scope of the three agreements that I mentioned, but which were definitely within the sites of the same Western European powers that were involved in these pledges. And those two countries are Turkey and Iran.