> taken back a lot of the lost lands in ww2 nah, industry was tanked at that time, people were poor and army was underequipped. not that it wasnt the same across all the new old ottoman states, but still. turkey was founded on the idea of staying calm and improvement. ottomans quite literal official policy was to do conquest.  the rum sultanate, who ottomans took off from, were also of that mindset, allied in good relationships with pretty much all the neighbours like byzantines too. its only the ottomans only who wanted to conquer everything, not turks entirely   take your pills
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