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Events relating to the ottoman empire
A national uprising against Turkish rule in Albania launches a full-scale Balkan war
Turkey, beset by troubles elsewhere, cedes to Italy her north African province of Libya
An Albanian uprising against the Ottoman empire is so successful that the Albanians are able to capture Skopje in Macedonia
By a prearranged plan Greece, Bulgaria and Serbia together launch the First Balkan War against Turkey
An armistice agreed between the Ottoman empire and three of the Balkan states ends the war in the Balkans
Bulgaria launches the Second Balkan War, in the end to the great detriment of Bulgarian interests
The Balkan states and the Ottoman empire agree an armistice in Bucharest, ending the Second Balkan War
A coup led by Enver Pasha brings the Young Turks to power in Istanbul
Calouste Gulbenkian earns his nickname – Mr Five Percent – from the share he receives for negotiating oil deals in the Ottoman empire
Germany and the Ottoman empire sign a secret treaty of alliance
Turkey, launching an attack on Russian ports in the Black Sea, enters the war on the German side
Russia declares war on the Ottoman empire
Britain and France declare war on the Ottoman empire
from May - hundreds of thousands of Armenians die as the Turks forcibly remove them from their homelands
from July - the Russians advance through Turkish Armenia and push west into Anatolia as far as Trabzon
Sharif Hussein, the emir of Mecca, proclaims himself the leader of the Muslim world, thus launching an Arab revolt against the Ottoman empire
An armistice is signed between Turkey and the Allies on the warship Agamemnon in the Greek port of Mudros
A punitive peace treaty, negotiated at Sèvres, is designed to dismember the Ottoman empire
The sultan of Turkey signs the Treaty of Sèvres with the Allies but it is rejected by the new nationalist government
The nationalist government in Turkey abolishes the sultanate and the last Ottoman emperor, Mehmed VI, goes into exile
The Treaty of Lausanne, with more favourable terms than those negotiated at Sèvres, finally brings peace between Turkey and the Allies
Turkey becomes a republic with Atatürk as president and Ankara as its new capital
