England's Deep State's plots against the Ottoman Empire and Turkey - Part 2

1.   It was the British that dubbed the Ottoman Empire a ‘sick man’ and Abdulhamit II, the ‘Red Sultan’. Prime Minister Asquith said during a speech, ‘The Ottoman Empire is on its deathbed. This patient, a source of evil and menace for the world, will not come back to life again.’

2.   Egypt, an Ottoman land in 1882, was occupied by the British army, after which Britain continued its anti-Ottoman policies.

3.     In 1907, Britain, France and Russia came together to form the ‘Triple Entente’. That marked one of the first steps of Great Britain to divide the Ottoman. Both during and after WWI, Britain was the biggest supporter of separatist movements and occupying forces, most notably Armenians, Greek and the Kurds.

4.   The Montreaux Convention signed at the conclusion of WWI included very unfavorable conditions for the Ottoman Empire.  The 7^th and 24^th Articles in particular opened the doors to occupation of strategic points when necessary, while it also stipulated that Eastern Anatolia could be occupied immediately in the event of unrest.

5.   According to the 11^th Article of the Montreaux Convention, Kars, Ardahan and Batum were supposed to remain with the Turks. Nevertheless, the British sought the evacuation of those states.