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  The Treaty of Lausanne will end by 2023 .Will Turkey regain control of Mecca and Medina. After World War one ottomans lost their control on the Holy cities of Mecca and Medina.Abdulaziz bin Saud the first king of Saudi Arabia held up his claim over territory that included Mecca and Medina,formally establishing his kingdom in 1932 . Saudis have called themselves the custodians of the Two Holy Mosques.A new debate among the global geopolitical has triggered about the expiration of the Treaty of Lausanne by 2023 .But everyone is thinking how Turkey would respond to this tectonic development?Will turkey resurrect the Ottoman Empire?Will the geopolitical and geo - economic map of the region change?Will turk ey reassert herself by using its hard power and thereby creating regional dominance? These are the questions that are part and parcel of every political debate. Recep Tayyip Erdogan's statement on the eve of the centennial anniversary of the Turkish Republic is conspicuous indicat

"History of Koh-i-Noor"  "Mountain of light" over the last 170 years this rare diamond had been decorating the Crown of the Royal Queen.The Koh-i-Noor has been priceless to-date.Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto had also asked the British government to give back this diamond but they refused. Now the question is that Koh-i-Noor was discovered in India but how it became beauty of the UK Royal Crown 5000 miles away? Many kings fought for the possession of this rare daimond and still five countries lay claim on it. The Koh-i-Noor was discovered as the largest diamond of the world.But today it is ranked at 90 in the largest diamonds of world. The Koh-i-Noor weighed 106 karats while the largest one the 'Star of Adam' weighs 1404 karats.Although the Koh-i-Noor is much less in weight yet its popularity is much more than the Star of Adam. No-one exactly knows as to when, how and where from the Koh-i-Noor was found but presumably...it was found out from the Koh-in-Noor mines