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The Fall of the Ottoman Empire

By cwyatt2019

  • Battle of Vienna

    Battle of Vienna
    BibliographyThis battle was won by the Polish, Austrian, and German forces, which were all led by the King of Poland, John III Sobieski. They were against the Ottoman Empire army which was led by Grand Vizier Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha. The battle siege becan on 14 July 1683 when the Ottoman empire's army of 138,000, but only 50,000 were experienced, advanced into Europe

  • Tulip Era

    Tulip Era
    BibliographyThe name came because of the court society's passion of tulips. The tulips bulbs were very expensive to imported The period was well known for its achievements, which included the first Muslim printing press in the empire, many different arts, and for the complxity of their imperial court.

  • The Greek War of Independence

    The Greek War of Independence
    BibliographyThis war was a rebellion from the Greeks in the Ottoman Empire. This rebellion was how the Greeks established its independence. The rebellion originated in 1814 in Odessa by a patriotic conspiracy known as the Philikí Etaireía.

  • Entering World War I

    Entering World War I
    BibliographyThe Ottoman Empire got pulled into WWI when the Allied powers declared war on the empire. This is the date that the Ottoman empire formally entered WWI, but they had already been associated with the Central Powers. Once the Ottoman Empire joined the Central Powers, in August 1914, the Triple Alliance was formed.

  • The beginning of the end for the Armenian subjects

    The beginning of the end for the Armenian subjects
    BibligraphyFrom this date and onward the Armenian people were brutally murdered. It was a mass genocide by killing 1.5 million Armenians. This genocide did not end, it got increasingly worse especially when a law was passed to relocate the Armenians in May.

  • Relocation for the Armenian

    Relocation for the Armenian
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    A law was passed that relocated the Armenians to eastern Anatolia. The people were often murdered by the guards on this trip. They were also attacked by or even killed other prisoners from exhaustion and starvation.

  • The Greeks capture Smyrna

    The Greeks capture Smyrna
    BibligraphyThe city of Smyrna, modern day Izmir, was captured by Greek troops. This was one of the Turkish nationalist largest threats. The attack didn't only happen on this date, more troops were sent in later months, and these troops were gradually expanding their control further and further into the west Anatolian countryside.

  • Grand National Assembly in Ankara

    Grand National Assembly in Ankara
    BibliographyThe Grand National Assembly in Ankara was located deep in central Anatolia. A short, yet brutal, civil war was triggered when President Mustafa Kemal was elected for president. He established and alternative government which was the main source of fighting.

  • Treaty of Sèvres

    Treaty of Sèvres
    BiblographyThis treaty was conformation of the French and British's ownership over Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, and Iraq. It also gave the Greeks ownership over the eastern Thrace and the western Anatollia. The "Zone of Influence" in the south-western Anatolia and the Dodecanese Islands were given to the Italians.

  • The end od the Ottoman Empire

    The end od the Ottoman Empire
    BibliographyThe empire was destroyed and replaced by Turkey. Oher smaller nations were built upon the ruins of the Ottoman Empire such as Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine. The fall of the empire also allowed Albania to become an independent nation for the first time in over 400 years. The holy cities of Mecca and Medina became Arabian territory.