> > Was there even a Ba'ath movement *there*? If there was, perhaps (and
> > this may
> > explain a few things, a Ba'ath Party rose to power in Turkey in the
> > 1950s or 1960s?
Ottoman Empire forced out of Balkans end of 19th century, held on only to Greece.
Supplied/supplies aid to IRS.
> Secondly, it is well known that the Islamic Republic of Sanjak has outside
> supporters. One of them is Turkey (which AFAIK has not undergone an
> Atatürk-led reform?).
I think it would have to: the shock of losing the European areas would
make the Turks pull back and realize that modernization was inescapable.
It wouldn't necessarily take the form of secular Islam, though.
(Dumping the Arabic script was a Good Thing; it is utterly unsuited to
any Turkic language.)
What I don't think happened was the big population swap in the 20's;
there are still lots of Ionian Greeks and plenty of Turks in Greece,
to say nothing of no civil war in Cyprus. Perhaps Greece and Turkey
have moved from a position of "each has a grip on the other's throat"
to firm cooperation by now.
Many Turkish volunteers in Sanjaki Legion of Allah during IRS revolution, war of independence and subsequently
