Ottoman Empire Research Paper

All of these countries were well-off, Britain especially, with the Industrial Revolution increasing exports and Imperialism producing resources needed to keep their economy superior to other countries. In the middle of this alliance, there lay another. It consisted of Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary. The Balkans to the south were considered neutral territory in 1914 (Document A), but the peoples of these lands were vastly unhappy. One such people were the Serbians. Now, the Serbians were not happy with how their lives were, and dreamed of revolution. So, a group known as The Black Hand devised a plan that they believed would bring the change they wanted to Serbia; killing the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Now when this happened, Austria-Hungary responded by declaring war on Serbia. However, when this did this, they alerted the Triple Entente. Russia, which was tied to the Triple Entente, was on good terms with Serbia. And so Russia declares war on Austria-Hungary, which causes Germany to join in, and invade Belgium. And so Britain, who was a friend of Belgium, declared war on Germany, and then France joined because England joined. So, in effect, because of one assassination, because of one death, all of Europe bursted into a long, bloody engagement in which ten million people

150 Years ago an army of British, French, and Turkey soldiers landed on Russia’s soil. This all started when Russia gained control of the Black Sea when the Ottoman Empire was defeated in October 1853. They all were afraid of Russia expanding. Russia was starting to expand into the Danube region, which was being run by the Turkish. This caused Turkey and Russia to go into war in 1853.

The Ottoman Empire was also involved in the World War I that was an external factor that led partly to its fall because the result of the Treaty of Sevres. World War I, also known as the Great War was a global war centered in Europe that began on July 28, 1912 and ended on November 11, 1918 with the surrender of the Germans. The war was between the two major groups, the Allied Forces and the Central Powers. Though the Ottoman Empire had initially aimed to stay neutral in World War I, it soon concluded an alliance with Germany and entered the war on the side of the Central Powers in October 1914. The Turks fought fiercely and successfully defended the Gallipoli Peninsula against a massive Allied invasion in 1915-1916, but by 1918 defeat by invading British and Russian forces and an Arab revolt had combined to destroy the Ottoman economy and devastate its land, leaving some six million people dead and millions more starving . Although the Ottoman Empire went into the First World War with some power and strength, after losing the war to the allied powers, they

The Great War pitted the Allied Powers of Great Britain, France, Italy, Russia, and the United States of America, against the Central Powers, a confederation formed by Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire. The Austro-Hungarian Nation led the opening volley of this war, later known as World War I, through a hostile action against Serbia on July 28, 1914 and their subsequent effort to acquire allies in this aggression. The Ottoman Empire and Germany joined Austria-Hungary to form the Central Powers on August 1st, despite the Ottoman Empire’s reluctance to acknowledge their support. Importantly, the Central Powers required the aid of the Ottoman Empire as they controlled a significant amount of land with oil reserves. The early 20th

The Crimean War (1853-1856) was fought on the Crimean peninsula where Russia lost to the alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and the Ottoman Empire. Despite being victorious, the war revealed that the all-powerful British Army was disorganised and did not modernise with the rest of British Society. This disorganisation caused horrific loss of life and ultimately, made the Crimean war a lot harder for the British then it had to be. However, this incompetence was amplified and highlighted by the new media. The Crimean War heralded the start of the new era of Industrial Warfare, and due to the British army’s attitude of a colonial power, they suffered terribly and the media publicised it.

The Ottoman Empire was a successful empire established by Osman Gaze, a Turkish tribal leader. It spanned at the end of the 13th century, and lasted to the beginning of the 20th century. The Ottoman conquest of Constantinople, the fall of the Byzantine Empire, brought enormous shock to Western and Central Europe, but the actual economic and politic influence was minor because of their connection to Africa as well as colonial expansion. However, the effect of Ottoman conquest brought themselves a wealth poured into Anatolia where was capital city of the Ottoman Empire and the place commercial and industrial power developed. This essay will be discussing mainly about the daily life of people such as religious exercise, education, law, and occupation

Austro-Russian conflict. It focuses on the Balkan space. Although long ago Russia was a good ally with Hungary, the political and religious aspects that brought this relationship to an end arose. In fact, Russia supports, if not encouraged, the independence aspirations of the Slavic peoples who were under the Austro-Hungarian rule; the Yugoslav movement around Servia or movement for the formation of Czechoslovakia, since Russia discussed the integrity of the Astro-Hungarian empire. This triggered a hatred against Russia, as the Astro-Hungarian Empire began to lose more and more

1)Starting from November 1914 the ottoman empire entered the first world war with the alliance of Germany. At first it was mentioned that the empire wanted to avoid any wars and wanted to have a secure alliance with Britain. The reason being is that a leader named Enver Pasha felt that it was in the empires best interest. Knowing that France, Britain, and Russia had grew their own empires and could try and sabotage the Ottoman empire again. So enver led a secret negation with the government of Germany and made a treaty to secure an alliance. This treaty in particular promised things such as war material, financial assistance and military advisor. (chapter 6 pge148-149). The outcome of starting a jihad on November,11,1914 wasn’t as the Germany

The Ottoman Empire had rule over most of Eastern Europe. But by the late 1800's the Ottoman Empire was losing grounds. Which lead Greece, Serbia, Montenegro and Bulgaria to

First, the empire needed to reassert its authority, and crush rebellions within its lands. At this time, the Ottoman Empire was embroiled in the Russo-Turkish war. In 1878, The Ottoman Empire suffered its final defeat. Following the war, a nationalist group called the Albanian League arose in response to the proposed San Stefano Treaty. According to Sudetic,” The League’s initial goals were to stop the proposed San Stefano treaty and to gain autonomy for all Albanians within the Ottoman Empire” (April 1992). However, unifying Albania was not going to be a simple matter. The years of constant occupation by other people did not allow Albanians to develop a sense of

With Germany on their side, the Ottomans posed a serious threat to the allied forces. However, even with some victories, the Ottoman army was consequently spread too thin. Struggling from economic decline and fighting the brutal wars with the Balkins, the Ottoman Empire was struggling to mobilize against these strong European forces. Sensing the end of the Empire, in 1916, just two years after the war began the British came up with a strategic plan to finish the Ottoman Empire and to help win the war against Germany. The British saw an opportunity to side with the Jews and the Arabs, who wanted independence form the Sultan in Palestine. The goal was to help the Arabs and the Jews gain independence, which in return would help the Allied forces against the Ottomans. With, perhaps, inspiration form the nationalist movements in the Middle East, the British and the French created the The Sykes-Picot Agreement. This agreement was a hypothetical post-war secret agreement to divide up the Ottoman Empire into states after the collapse of the Empire. The agreement was that if the Allies won the war, the two countries would divide up the new states in Middle East and have new spheres of influence. This was a rather presumptuous agreement considering that the Allies, at this time, were far from winning the war. Even so, however, the two countries arbitrarily divided up the region into nation states that they agreed upon. Among other countries the British claimed Palestine and Syria as their

The Armistice of October 1918 may have ended the fighting between the Ottoman Empire and their allies, however it did not bring establishment or peace to the region. Syria, Palestine, and Iraq were all controlled by the British. The British, French, and Greek forces also kept close to march across the Bulgarian border and take over the surrounding areas, including Constantinople. Although the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, feared he would be removed from office by the Allies, they realized he was an important figure and anticipated that his retention would influence post-war stability.

In the late 12th century, near the city of Constantinople, an empire originated. This empire was founded by Turkish natives who wanted to build an empire after their leader, Osman. This empire had a sultan, who was in the highest position, but was run by a small ruling class. This imperial system was run by a power of Muslim control over non-Muslim populations. They allowed their people to live under the laws of their own religions. Non-Muslims and Christians however, were given limited freedom, but were still treated as second-class citizens.

There are multiple reasons why the Ottoman Empire chose to join World War I. Among them, exterminate Christian Armenians was not what the Ottoman Empire’s principal goal.

The Ottoman Empire was one of the greatest empires to ever reign in history. It is widely recognized as being one of the most advanced and inclusive empires especially in the first half of its existence. The Ottomans were ahead of the Europeans in just about every aspect of civilization for a few centuries. They were constantly defeating the militaries of the Europeans until the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. The Ottomans were a formidable force in the area for a long period of time. In the nineteenth century, the Ottomans had realized that they had fallen far behind the Europeans economically, socially, and militarily. The documentary, The Ottomans: Europe’s Muslim Emperors discusses this. They describe the Ottoman Empire as “This was an empire on an life support system, an old world dynasty colliding with a modern world.” The Ottomans saw they were behind and enacted many decrees, that became known as the Tanzimat or the reorganization of the Ottoman Empire in a literal translation. The Tanzimat reorganizations were too little, too late. The Tanzimat failed because of its inability to fix their outdated systems and to create a strong constitution to keep their changes in place.