I want to know the answer to the following question:
What Ottoman empire controlled lands contributed to the centre of transactions between East and West ?
All the background I'm provided with is that "I resulted in the emergence of a new state, Turkey, in the Ottoman Anatolian heartland following the Turkish War of Independence, as well as the founding of modern Balkan and Middle Eastern states and the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire.". Is that enough to answer the question?
Answer: no