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The Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), known collectively as the Young Turks, came to power in 1908.
The Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), known collectively as the Young Turks, came to power in 1908.
===World War I===
===World War I===
The Ottoman Empire fought alongside the [[Central Powers]] during [[World War I]] and collapsed after its defeat. It was during this time when the [[Armenia#genocide|Armenian genocide]] occurred.
The Ottoman Empire joined Germany and Austria (the [[Central Powers]]) during [[World War I]] (1914-1918) and collapsed after their defeat. The YoungTurks who controlled the government, anxious to have an all-Muslim empire, saw the chance to get rid of the Christian Armenians. Evacuations and killings during the [[Armenian genocide]] of 1915 left 600,000 dead and eliminated all the Armenians inside Turkey. [[File:Ottoman3.jpg|thumb|left|220px]]
[[File:Ottoman3.jpg|thumb|left|220px]]
The British expected easy victories, and sent armies into Mesopotamia (Iraq), which were badly defeated, and landed at Gallipoli in order to capture Istanbul, but failed badly in 1915. However, the British were successful in moving from Egypt to conquer Palestine, using the aid of Arab nationalists stirred up by British officer Lawrence of Arabia ([[T.E. Lawrence]]).
The British expected easy victories, and sent armies into Mesopotamia (Iraq), which were badly defeated, and landed at Gallipoli in order to capture Istanbul, but failed badly in 1915. However, the British were successful in moving from Egypt to conquer Palestine, using the aid of Arab nationalists stirred up by British officer Lawrence of Arabia ([[T.E. Lawrence]]).