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The Greco-Turkish War of 1897 or the Ottoman-Greek War of 1897 (Turkish: 1897 Osmanlı-Yunan Savaşı or 1897 Türk-Yunan Savaşı), also called the Thirty Days' War and known in Greece as the Black '97 (Greek: Μαύρο '97, Mauro '97) or the Unfortunate War (Greek: Ατυχής πόλεμος, romanized: Atychis polemos), was a war fought between the Kingdom of Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
In addition, a Greek entry into the war on the Allied side might also precipitate the entry of the Ottomans on the side of the Central Powers, a prospect of particular concern to the British, who feared an adverse impact on the millions of Muslim colonial subjects of the British Empire should the Ottoman Caliph declare war on Britain.
March 9: Germany declared war on Portugal. [20] The Portuguese government started to organise the participation of its troops on the Western Front. Shortly afterward, Portugal began closing its consulates in the Ottoman Empire. (The Ottomans had no representation in Portugal.) [21] March 15: Austria-Hungary declared war on Portugal.
The vast majority of the territory of present-day Greece was at some point incorporated within the Ottoman Empire.The period of Ottoman rule in Greece, lasting from the mid-15th century until the successful Greek War of Independence broke out in 1821 and the First Hellenic Republic was proclaimed in 1822, is known in Greece as Turkocracy (Greek: Τουρκοκρατία, Tourkokratia, "Turkish ...
Egyptian–Ottoman War: Ottoman Empire: Egypt Eyalet: Defeat. Egypt gained the Aleppo Vilayet and the Syria Vilayet. Convention of Kütahya; Egypt becomes an autonomous vassal of the Ottoman Empire; Unresolved tensions result in a second war six years later; 1832–1848 Ottoman–Ethiopian border conflicts: Ottoman Empire. Egypt Ethiopian ...
The Ottoman-Portuguese conflicts (Portuguese: Guerra Turco-Portuguesa, Turkish: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu-Portekiz İmparatorluğu çekişmesi, 1538–60) were a period of conflict during the Ottoman–Portuguese confrontations and series of armed military encounters between the Portuguese Empire and the Ottoman Empire along with regional allies in and along the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, and ...
Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1558–1566) Part of Ottoman–Portuguese confrontations; Location: Indian Ocean. Kingdom of Portugal: Ottoman Empire Ajuran Sultanate: Status quo ante bellum; Portugal maintains control of the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean; Ottomans expand their influence in the Red Sea; Battle of Mulleriyawa (1559) Location ...
Ordered to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War. Westport, CT: Greenwood. Fromkin, David (2009). A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-8050-8809-0. Finkel, Caroline (2007). Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire. Basic Books.