From the death of the Near East new nations were able to rise from the ashes, notably <answer>the Republic of Turkey</answer>. Paradoxically it now aligned itself with the west rather than with the east. Mustafa Kemal, its founder, a former Ottoman high-ranking officer, was insistent on this social revolution, which, among other changes, liberated women from the strait rules still in effect in most Arabic-speaking countries. The demise of the political Near East now left a gap where it had been, into which stepped the Middle East.
What notable nation was able to rise from the ashes of the Near East?
the Republic of Turkey