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For Turkey, WW1 Anniversary Evokes Memories of Defeat

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Throughout Europe, commemorations are being held to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. But in Turkey, the event is all but ignored. The Ottoman Empire that preceded modern Turkey was a key ally of Germany in World War I, and Turkey is holding no official commemorations marking the centennial of the end of hostilities. Today, cargo ships from around the world pull into Istanbul, but a century ago it was allied warships that occupied the waters around the then-named...

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