{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Persians/Iranians aren't a \"once part of the Ottomans\" community though", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/650131847569899520/", "html": "<div class=\"question\"><strong>Anonymous</strong> asked: <p>Persians/Iranians aren't a \"once part of the Ottomans\" community though</p></div>\n<p>Fair, but like &ldquo;the post-WWI unchecked expansion of Western imperial influence east from the Levantine shore building mercantile ties while the uncertainty around new state formation encourages resettlement&rdquo; is still the dynamic (as compared to Turkish/German ties being like &ldquo;a new power longing for modern industrial capacity meets an industrial powerhouse looking for friends, labor, and markets&rdquo;)</p>"}