Hello guys. I very much enjoy reading this sub forum, but I always feel like a little guy among giants so I read, but never really participate here. Anyway, I have a few basic questions about the middle east that I am curious about. First, I'll write what I think I know. Much of this I am sure will be wrong, but please correct me.
First of all, why was Turkey an ally of "the allies" during WW2? Wasn't it the allies who were responsible for the destruction of the Ottoman Empire and its dismemberment after WW1? Wasn't the Ottoman Empire an ally of Germany in WW1? Didn't Turkey even fight against the occupying forces in order to establish itself as a country after WW1? Weren't these occupying forces the allies?
I have much more typed out with more questions, but I think that understanding the alliance with Turkey seems to be essential to understanding the rest of it.