The Impact of the Russian Revolution on the Fate of the Ottoman Empire

Abstract

Considering the historical process, the Bolsheviks were unable to establish the Soviet republic in Turkey, but it is possible to see their effects on the reforms of the New Turkey Republic for that period. Finally, if we summarize the process in general, until the Revolution 1917, the Russians and the Ottomans had effects on each other, even with the means of competition and war by historical context. On the other hand, the study showed that the February revolution was a very vital stage on the road to the October revolution, but it was insufficient to explain the subject alone. The October Revolution was the part of the Russian Revolution that had certain effects on the Ottoman Empire. Although Brest Litovsk peace was one of the most prominent elements of this effect, even after the First World War ended, this effect continued on the Turkish National Struggle. It should be added that the National Struggle had a role in the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after the First World War. If we consider the Bolshevik support in the strengthening of the Turkish National struggle, the place of the Russian revolution gains special importance in the last fate of the Ottomans. After the period of establishment of the new republic, it is possible to observe the influence of the Soviet system and ideologies on the reforms of Mustafa Kemal. As a result, The Russian revolution was not successful in building the Soviet republic in Anatolia, but it was possible to see its structural and ideological traces in the new order.