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===Rising anti-British & anti-Russian sentiment===
====Russo-Ottoman relations====
The [[Ottoman Empire]] underwent political modernization in the early 20th century. The rise of the [[Ottoman Sultanate#Hatayism%20and%20Orkhonism|Orkhonist faction]] began fueling a revanchist attitude towards Crimea, which was once part of the Ottoman Empire, now part of Russia. The Ottoman empire began on a campaign of subversion against Russia. They began supporting rebellions in Central Asia, culminating the [[Turkestan]]'s declaration of independence from Russia in 1924. This harmed Russo-Ottoman relations in the 20th century.
In the 1930s, the Orkhonists spread anti-Russian and anti-British revanchist propaganda throughout the empire. The Orkhonists renewed a territorial claim in Crimea, based on the sultan's familial relations with the old Crimean Giray dynasty. They also promoted the idea of a Greater Ottoman state, one that controlled Egypt, and therefore controlled the Mediterranean. They found an ally in Austria and France, who also had their own resentments against the British and Russians. In 1929, the three states formed the Tripartite Coalition, which strengthened their relationship and cooperation.
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==== Peace in Central Asia (March 1937) ====
{{Main|Treaty of Akmolinsk (1937)}}
When it seemed like the Tripartite Coalition was unstoppable at this point, the Russians gained a major victory in Central Asia. After the Russians defeated Corea in the Russo-Corean War in 1936, the Russians shifted their focus towards fighting Turkestan in Central Asia.
Eventually, Orkhonist leaders also grew tired of the constant conflict and start to see Russian-style National-Republicanism as an alternative to Ottoman-brand Orkhonism (while hardline anti-Russian Orkhonists fell out of influence due to unrest from the local population). In 1937, Russia engaged in negotiation with the Orkhonist leaders once again, and peace was achieved in March 1937: with the establishment of the National Republics of Turkestan and Tadjikistan, modeled after the Russian form of government.
==== Interception of the Franco-Swedish Telegraph (June 1937) ====
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