Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Ottoman Empire was one of the Central Powers of World War I, allied with the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, and Bulgaria.It entered the war on 29 October 1914 with a small surprise attack on the Black Sea coast of Russia, which prompted Russia to declare war on 2 November 1914.
Territorial changes of the Ottoman Empire 1914. Following the Ottoman declaration of war on the Allies in November 1914, Britain formally annexed Cyprus, which it had occupied since 1878. Egypt (along with the Sudan) also finally ceased to be de jure Ottoman territory at the same time, being elevated to a Sultanate.
The grand total for 1914 showed a "net gain" of 1,131,454 people from the 1905-06 Ottoman census survey. The data reflects the loss of territory and population in Europe due to Balkan Wars , as the total net gain within the Ottoman State population was 3,496,068.
The Ottoman Empire [k] (/ ˈ ɒ t ə m ə n / ⓘ), also called the Turkish Empire, [23] [24] was an imperial realm [l] that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.
The demographics of the Ottoman Empire include population density, ethnicity, education level, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.. Lucy Mary Jane Garnett stated in the 1904 book Turkish Life in Town and Country, published in 1904, that "No country in the world, perhaps, contains a population so heterogeneous as that of Turkey."
A detailed map showing the Ottoman Empire and its dependencies, including its administrative divisions (vilayets, sanjaks, kazas), in 1899. The Turkish word for governor-general is Beylerbey, meaning 'lord of lords'. In times of war, they would assemble under his standard and fight as a unit in the sultan's army.
"Turkey's Entry into World War I: An Assessment of Responsibilities". Journal of Modern History. 34 (4): 369– 80. doi:10.1086/239180. S2CID 153500703. Trumpener, Ulrich. "Liman von Sanders and the German-Ottoman alliance." Journal of Contemporary History 1.4 (1966): 179-192 online. Trumpener, Ulrich. Germany and the Ottoman Empire, 1914-1918 ...
Ethnic map of the Six Vilayets according to the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople in 1912. Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire according to the 1914 official population statistics. Statistical analysis of the racial elements in the Ottoman provinces by the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, 1912 [4]