Back to AtD: Turkey

[Mark Kohut]

In these sections of Against the Day from the late 800s into the 900s, Turkey is one of the
major geopolitcal places. Why?
 
Did you know--I just learned--that iron was first smelted in Turkey?
 
A..and, the authors of "Why Nations Fail" argue that the Ottoman Empire was 
another--like the Spaniards in Latin American countries; like the Mexican rulers
of Mexico---in which the Elite exploited their workers so much more than most countries did
that they created  such a top heavy concentration of wealth that
 an almost-necessary Counter Force [my allusive word] by the citizenry happened. 
 
Anyone know more about Turkey than I do? Anyone have more insights than this into its use in ATD?
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