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.