ataturk becomes a hero at the war minister and a passion suffers a catastrophic defeat of the ottoman russian front. by the spring of 1917 there is no longer any doubt that the world war will bring about the end of the ottoman empire. and orders most of our kemal to accompany the crown prince on a visit to the german allies. the delegation stops in strasbourg on the way to inspect the western front. the autumn and allies meet with an icy reception from the german imperial governor hans fund outfits who is incensed by recent chapter of ottoman warfare. your highness general. sars 2 years earlier the young turks under the leadership of enver pascha had used problems along the ottoman russian front as a pretext for brutally persecuting the armenians they accuse them of collaborating with the enemy and ordered they be deported to the syrian desert through i remember that. there were armenians and an attorney or before there were turks there. we know this. or good people speak of genocide but the ottomans and the armenians were wrong or loyalist so i thought this remains the official turkish position to