Sultanate of Turkey (1983: Doomsday)



The Sultanate of Turkey is a post-Doomsday nation that arose from the ashes of the now defunct Republic of Turkey.

Pre-Doomsday
Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( Türkiye Cumhuriyeti (help·)), is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in Western Asia and Thrace in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe. Turkey is bordered by eight countries: Bulgaria to the northwest; Greece to the west; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan (the exclave of Nakhchivan) and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast. The Mediterranean Sea and Cyprus are to the south; the Aegean Sea to the west; and the Black Sea is to the north.

Separating Anatolia and Thrace are the Sea of Marmara and the Turkish Straits (the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles), which are commonly reckoned to delineate the boundary between Europe and Asia,[4] thereby making Turkey a country of significant geostrategic importance.[5] [6] Ethnic Turks form the majority of the population, followed by the Kurds. The predominant religion in



Turkey is Islam and its official language is Turkish.

The Turks began migrating into the area now called Turkey in the eleventh century. The process was greatly accelerated by the Seljuk victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of Manzikert. Several small emirates and the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum ruled Anatolia, until the Mongol Empire's invasion. Starting in the thirteenth century, the Ottomans emirate united Anatolia and created an empire encompassing much of Southeastern Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. After the Ottoman Empire collapsed following its defeat in World War I, parts of it were occupied by the victorious Allies. A cadre of young military officers, led by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, organized a successful resistance to the Allies; in 1923, they would found the modern republic of Turkey with Atatürk as its first president.

Pre-Doomsday Turkey was a democratic, secular, unitary, constitutional republic, with an ancient and historical cultural heritage. As a member of NATO, Turkey was involved in the Cold War. Due to their closeness to the USSR, they hosted a major NATO military apparatus, including nuclear missiles, until they were removed after the Cuban Missile Crisis. Turkish control of the Turkish Straits also kept the Soviets envious and greatly restricted their access to the Meditterrean Sea, especially during wartime.

Turkey has also had a long running rivalry with Greece, another NATO country. This rivalry stemmed from the Turkish control of Greece for several centuries under the Ottoman Empire. Later, Greece fought Turkey in several wars, including the Balkan Wars, World War I, and the Greco-Turkish War of 1922. While overtures for peace were made, tensions remained high. The main source of tensions was the island of Cyprus, which almost brought Greece and Turkey to war several times. In 1974, Turkey invaded the island of Cyprus after a Greek military coup took control of the island. This lead to the collapse of the Greek ruling junta at the time. Turkey continued to occupy the northern portions of the island and nine years later, in 1983, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The situation remained the same up until Doomsday.

In southwestern Turkey, the long oppressed Kurdish minority was also creating problems for Turkey. In 1984, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) began an armed insurgency to gain independence for the Kurds of Turkey. This began when the PKK announced a Kurdish uprising. The death toll soon began to climb and this conflict would be forever altered by Doomsday.

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Doomsday
As for the rest of the world, Doomsday came suddenly for Turkey and enacted a devestating toll. Due to their membership in NATO, Turkey was a target of the Soviet nuclear barrage. The capital, Ankara, and their largest city and cultural heart of Turkey, Istanbul, were both destroyed by nuclear blasts. The infernos quickly subsummed the surrounding area. This destroyed much of the Turkish government and military leadership, which plunged the country into chaos. With the destruction of Istanbul, the Turkish Straits were rendered unpassable due to the intense radiation. Weather patterns pushed the radiation cloud mostly to the north and east of the country, which was devestated by the fallout. However, this left the south and west of the country still struggling and suffering from the radiation, but to a much lesser degree than other areas of the country. Across much of the country, the social order quickly collapsed and many Turks doubted the survival of their nation.

The Aftermath
After the destruction of Ankara, the Turkish government mostly collapsed. Much of the country was plunged into chaos. Communications were mostly down and the radiation was beginning to spread from the impact sites. As in their previous coups, the Turkish military, lead by what was left of their leadership, quickly attempted to secure as much of the country as possible. However, due to the chaos of the situation, much of the military was either missing or fleeing, so very few military units were able to be gathered. Within three months, the surviving members of the Turkish military leadership were able to make their way to the city of Konya, in southern Turkey. In cooperation with the civilian leadership of the city of Konya, the Turkish military attempted to recall as much of their forces as they could. Many units fleeing from the north in the face of the radiation cloud heard this calling and came to Konya.

As the scattered military slowly came to Konya, the military attempted to establish a government to establish order. Many in the military leadership believed they would be able to quickly and easily secure their control of Konya and the surviving province. However, Konya was, and remains today, a deeply religious city. Known as "the citadel of Islam" before Doomsday, many citizens of Konya believed Doomsday was an judgement of Allah and they must now correct their lives to be accepted by him once more. This made efforts to control the populous nearly impossible. Due to the chaotic state of Turkey at the time, the military leadership did not have the resources, manpower, or time to fight for control of the city. Therefore, to save what was left of the country, the military leadership succumbed to civilian rule on the single condition that the newly formed government remain religiously tolerant and keep the military in the upper levels of leadership. The existing civilian government and Islamic leaders agreed to this condition and set about to form a new government.

Rebirth of the Sultanate
An uneasy coalition quickly formed to lead the new country. A decision was made to write a new constitution was written to lead the nation through this new Post-Doomsday era. After a significant, yet short, debate, the religious and civilian leadership overruled the military and decided to make the new government a sultanate. They viewed installing a strong leader, the sultan, as the only way to guide the nation through this crisis. However, there would be major restrictions on his power made by the new Imperial Council, composed of the military chiefs of staff, the prime minister, and several ministers of state, similarly to the old National Security Council. There would also be a very weak elected unicameral legislature, known as the Imperial Assembly, that would merely meet to discuss and debate problems and ideas from the people. They would have minor powers and would only be able to pass insignificant laws and submit proposals to the Imperial Council and Sultan. In addition, the Sultan would be reign for life, but could be replaced by a three-fourths vote of the Imperial Council and Imperial Assembly.

The debate to choose the first Sultan was short, yet vicious. Many contenders rose to attempt to claim the title. Military, religious, and civilian leaders all vied for the title. It soon became apparent that there could be no one from any of those groups choosen to take up the mantle of Sultan. Luckily, it was recently learned that a descendant of the House of Osman, which was the dynasty that rulled the Ottoman Empire, had managed to survive Doomsday and make his way to Turkey with his family. Ertuğrul Osman was on vacation on a cruise ship in the eastern Meditterean with his family at the time of the Doomsday attack. Once the ship suddenkly lost comunication with much of the outside world, they docked at Antalya, Turkey. During the initial chaotic years of Doomsday, his father, Mehmed Orhan, had died leaving him as the official head of the House of Osman. He was fluent in Turkish, English, German, and French. He was also very intelligent and had always kept up-to-date with global, and especially Turkish, politics. Because of this, he was able to become a leader in local politics in Antalya, though he refused to assert his Imperial ancestory or even reference it. This kept him off the radar and unknown to most of the leaders discussing the new constitution. Once he was discovered though, certain leaders from all sides immediately sought him out in an attempt to end the row between the various groups, so the new government could be formed. Reluctantly, he accepted the title after he obtained assurances that the new government would retain elements of democracy with human and civil rights. He was known as Sultan Ertuğrul II

Six months after Doomsday, the new government was established and most of the survivors of the Turkish military had reached Konya Province. In addition, many of the basic survival needs of the population had been met. The new government, now known as the Sultanate of Turkey, was forced to impose strict rationing, labor gangs, and massive collective farms on most of the open land to provide for the population. Any violation was met with exile or execution, which punishment was up to the one who had committed the crime. Many of the early ones chose death once they say the chaos outside the borders of the Sultanate. However, due to these harsh measures, the Sultanate was able to survive and expand slowly. Within a year of Doomsday, the Sultanate had expanded to control Konya, Isparta, Karaman, Aksaray, Niğde, Burdur, Antalya, and Mersin provinces. In Adana Province, some surviving elements of the Turkish miltary, along with NATO forces stationed at Incirlik Air Base, had taken control and somewhat stablized the province. However, their situation was desperate and radiation from impact sites in Syria had affected the area. After seeing the stronger Sultanate of Turkey, the Turkish military contingents in the area elected to join. While the NATO troops were reluctant to join what they viewed as a dictatorship, they realized that stability was better than their rights and also joined.

Reclaiming Turkey


Seven years after Doomsday, the Sultanate of Turkey has managed to unite most of southern Turkey. Much of the country is still in chaos and the radiation levels in the north of the country are still radioactive, but in recent years the radiation has decreased enough to allow exploration and settlement of the northern provinces. As a result, the Sultanate has sent expeditions north to explore the desolant provinces and they have returned with reports of the nuclear wasteland that is Ankara and desperate communities that are savagely fighting for resources. Also as a result of these expeditions, the Sultanate has discovered the Greek state of Thrace, which controlled much of formerly Turkish territory. The Turks were infuriated, but knew they could do nothing. This reignited Turkish nationalism and redirected many Turkish resources to strenghtening their military. They would not allow Greeks to hold any Turkish territory. While they knew they would not be able to openly deal with them for many years, they prepared and waited.

Nonetheless through Thrace, Turkey was able to gain access to the rest of the world. Only then did they realize the true extent of Doomsday. In the next five years, the Sultanate of Turkey sent out military expeditions to resecure central and northern Turkey. Once expeditions reached the outskirts of Ankara, they quarantined the former capital and began to provide for the small communities that continued to survive outside the city. They continued northward until they reached the boarders of Thrace in 1995. Knowing they could not continue further due to Thrace's membership in the powerful Confederation of Greece, the Sultanate turned its attention eastward intent on reclaiming the lands of eastern Turkey. By 2000, Turkish forces had reached the border of Kurdistan, another nation that had arisen from the ashes of Doomsday. They also controlled parts of southern Turkey, which further infuriated the Turks. Kurdistan, having a long and bloddy history with Turkey, immediately began to strenghten their military to protect their borders. Both countries stood ready for war, but both knew they could not fight yet.



Interaction with the Outside World
The Sultanate of Turkey was able to establish contact with the outside world, first through Thrace, then through its successor the Confederation of Greece. Turkey was able to reestablish contact with other countries in the area, namely Israel, Egypt, Sicily, Alpine Confederation, and Pais Del Oro. Through these countries, Turkey was able to discover what had happened to the country after Doomsday. Unfortunately, most of Turkey's primary allies were divided and weak. Most were still recomposing themselves from Doomsday. Meanwhile, the United States was completely destroyed. However, Turkey's traditional enemy, Greece, had become a powerful nation that dominated the eastern Meditterrean. The Soviet Union, the one country Turkey truly feared, was driven past the Urals due to the nuclear strikes and now had no control of their western territories in Ukraine and the Caucusus. Many of the nationalists in the Turkish elite began to discuss the potentials this power vacuum could offer Turkey.

Annexation of Northern Cyprus
During the same period when Turkey came in contact with Thrace, a naval expedition was sent out to the island of Cyprus. The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus was a breakaway republic formed before Doomsday that controlled most of Northen Cyprus. To the south was the Republic of Cyprus, a Greece-controlled government. Before Doomsday, it was a major point of contention between the two nations. Turkish leaders wished to reestablish contact with the island because a fairly large Turkish military contingent was based there to support the breakaway nation.

When the expedition fleet arrived at the shores of Cyprus, it found, to its surpise, a relative stable, if undersupplied, nation. The Turkish military contingent on the island had seized control of Northern Cyprus. The British bases on the island had been destroyed by small nuclear attacks from a Soviet nuclear submarine in the eastern Meditterrean. Luckily, the yield of the nuclear strike was very small and the fallout cloud quickly blew past the island into the sea. Thanks to this stroke of luck, Northern Cyprus had been able to survive, although in a state of complete isolation. Once they landed on the island, the Turkish Cypriots immediately welcomed those from their mother country. An ambassador who accompanied the expedition presented the Turkish Cypriot leadership with an offer of annexation. They would be given full rights as a province of the Sultanate of Turkey. Knowing the desperation of their situation, Northern Cyprus quickly agreed to become part of the Sultanate. In early 1996, Northern Cyprus had become a Turkish province. The annexation was met by praise among all Turks. However, the Republic of Cyprus, which still controlled the Southern half of the island and was a member of the Confederation of Greece, was infuriate. The annexation served to quickly worsen tensions between the two states.

Reindustrialization
Since his assention to the throne, Sultan Ertuğrul II had become an unexpected political force in the new Sultanate. When the government was formed, most of the Turkish elite assumed the Sultan would be a mere figurehead that would have little power. Due to his great intelligence, eloquance, and support for democracy, he became extremely popular with the general public with and many among the civilian and military factions. Using his influence, he introduced a Reindustrialization program to the Imperial Assembly. After several weeks of debate in the Imperial Assembly, which had recently been strengthened by the Sultan, and the approval of the Imperial Council, the Turkish Reindustrialization Act went into law. Institutions similar to those created by Kemal Ataturk in the 1920s were created. They placed most of the Turkish economy under centralized government control. The goal was to maximize the efficency of all available resources for the purpose of rebuilding the Turkish industrial and agricultural base. In addition, capital was also devoted to improve and expand the nation's energy production capabilities. They used what little oil they had in addition to mass-produced solar panels and wind turbines. The program was organized into several three-year plans with each designed to improve another aspect of the Turkish economy. The first Three-Year Plan (TYP) focused on energy and agricultural production. The second Three-Year Plan focused on industrial development. The third, and final, Three-Year Plan focused on military development and nuclear recovery.

Operation Damascus
By 2003, all non-Kurdish provinces in Eastern Turkey were under the Sultanate's control. The nation was almost reunited at last. However, in the same year, the New Türkiye Party had come to power. They controlled the Prime Minstership and the Imperial Assembly. They were a high nationalistic and somewhat militarist party. They wished to expand far past Turkey's original borders and enlarge the Turkish nation. Despite the opposition of the Sultan and his allies in the Royalist and Republican People's Parties, the New Turks pushed ahead with their expansion plans.

The first of these expansions plans was Operation Damascus. Due to their association with the Soviet Union, Syria was a victim of the American nuclear strike. Their primary cities of Aleppo and Damascus were destroyed and with it most of the Syrian government. The country was plunged into chaos as people began to flee the fallout zones in search of safety. Many had fled north to Turkey, especially after the rise of the Sultanate. Taking a lesson from the Alpine Confederation, the New Turks decided to conquer and annex as much of Syria as possible and then lockdown their borders to prevent more refugees from flooding the nation. On December 7, 2003, the Turkish Imperial Army launched Operation Damascus, the invasion of Syria. The Turkish forces launched an offensive all along their border with Syria. Army Group A pushed south along the coast all the way to the Lebanese border. Army Group B pushed towards Aleppo and then on to Damascus. Army Group C pushed south and then east towards the Naht al Khabur, after which they moved south towards Damascus.

Once Army Group A reached Tartus and the Lebanese border, they began pushin further inland to solidify their gains and meet up wtih Army Group B. Army Group B had surrounded the nuclear crater that was Aleppo by the end of the first week of the operation. Afterwards, the Army Group split. One half marched towards Hamah, and ultimately Hims. The other half Ar Rusafah to link up with Army Group C. Army Group C reached the Euphrates within two weeks. Next, they marched along the south bank of the river all the way to Abu Kamal on what used to be the Syrian-Iraqi border. The north bank of the Euphrates east of the Naht al Khabur was Kurdish territory. They had orders to avoid a confrontation at all costs. Once all the army groups reached their intial objectives, Turkish High Command gave the order to continue the march towards Damascus. Once they reached Damascus, a quarentine zone was set up arond the destroyed city. Finally, they marched all the way to the Israeli border on the Golan Heights. By the end of the offensive, most of Syria was under Turkish control.

The operation itself was fairly unopposed. Much of the Syrian countryside had been wiped out by bandits or abandoned after the nuclear attacks. Several of the larger towns were in chaos. A few cities, such as Ath Thawrah, Hamah, and Hims, maintained a operating, if struggling, government. The Turkish commanders wanted to avoid conflict when possible, so the independent city-states were offered a self-governing protectorate status within the Sultanate of Turkey in exchange for paying a tax to the Turkish government and allowing Turkish military presence in the city, although it would be confined to certain bases. All the major city-states agreed to these conditions. A few of the smaller ones who had formed distasteful regimes were attacked and quickly conquered. The primary opposition to the Turkish advance were the remaining elements of the Syrian military, which had organized into gangs of bandits who controlled several smaller towns and large swaths of the countryside. However, being deprived of resupply for years, the powerful Turkish Imperial Army was able to easily defeat them, though it did slow their progress.

This offensive demonstrated the might of the Turkish miltary. Within ten weeks, the entire operation was complete. After another ten weeks, all violent resistant remaining in the provinces was dispatched efficiently. The newly gained territory was organized as a series of semi-automous governates. The more violent areas were placed under a provisional military governorship. The independent city states became self-governing protectorates. New governments were formed in the lawless areas and elections were held in six months. None of the newly acquired Syrian territory was admitted as official provinces however. The Turks weren't yet ready to take the step to becoming a multinational nation again. The new territories were given observer representation in the Imperial Assembly and a new body, the Peripheral Council, was formed as a subsidary body of the Imperial Council which represented the territories. While no other nations condemned the assault, because the Turkish government rightfully justified it as a border clearing and stablization action, it worried regional powers, especially the Confederation of Greece and the Republic of Kurdistan.

As another result of Operation Damascus, Lebanon allied with Turkey. Lebanon had grown to be a wealthy state due to having the best ports in the eastern Meditterrean. In addition, they had a powerful navy. Together, Turkey and Lebanon were a potentially powerful alliance.

Politics
After Doomsday, most Turkish political parties dissolved for various reasons. Since then, many new parties have appeared representing the new factions in Turkish society.

The New Türkiye Party is a new political party formed since Doomsday. It primarily finds its support among the nationalist and militarist factions in the government.

The Party of Virtue is another new political party formed since Doomsday. They were founded by religious leaders in Konya, which is its primary base of support. It is considered the only true Islamic political party. It's policies are generally very socially and politically conservative. There are many factions within the party, one of which calls for the establishment of a caliphate and an Islamic Empire.

The Royalist Party are a group of newcomers to the political arena. They were formed shortly after the creation of the Sultanate. The generally support the power of the Sultan and the policies laid down by the first Sultan, Ertuğrul II. While they support a strong sultanate, they are generally pro-democratic and fairly socially liberal.

The Conservative Party is a new party created post-Doomsday. They are an extrememly pro-democracy party with conservative viewpoints on government. While they are socially liberal, they believe in a government that minimally interferes with people's daily lives. They also oppose how the Reindustrialization program is run.

The Republican's People Party is the only major pre-Doomsday party in Turkish politics. It is a liberal, pro-democracy power that has come to accomadate itself with the new Sultanate. They support the Reindustrialization program, expansive government economic controls, and social liberalism. However, they oppose military expansionism. (old; liberal)

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International Relations
Ever since emerging on the international stage, the Sultanate of Turkey has maintained few relations with the rest of the world. Currently, they have ambassadors in Lebanon, the Confederation of Greece, Israel, Egypt, Sicily, and Jordan.

In the Summer of 2002, the Sultanate of Turkey signed a formal alliance with Lebanon. Both countries hope that it will lead to greater oppurtunities for both parties. Since the signing of the alliance, the economies of the the two nations have begun increasinly integrated, which has resulted in positive benefits for both nations.

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