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Abolition of the Ottoman Sultanate
History Abolition of the Ottoman Sultanate

The Grand National Assembly of Turkey dissolved the Ottoman Sultanate on November 1, 1922, putting an end to the Ottoman Empire, which had existed since 1299. The authority of the Grand National As ...

October 28, 2021
1913 Ottoman coup d'état (Ottoman Raid on the Sublime Porte)
History 1913 Ottoman coup d'état (Ottoman Raid on the Sublime Porte)

The 1913 Ottoman coup d'état, also known as the Raid on the Sublime Porte (Turkish: Bâb-ı Âlî Baskını), was carried out in the Ottoman Empire by a group of members of t ...

October 28, 2021

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Decline and Transformation of the Ottoman Empire
History Decline and Transformation of the Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire (Ottoman Old Regime) had various foes in the late eighteenth century. As a result of these dangers, the Empire embarked on a period of internal reform known as the Tanzimat. By 1 ...

October 28, 2021
Ottoman Wars in Europe
History Ottoman Wars in Europe

The Ottoman wars held in Europe were a series of military confrontations that lasted from the late middle Ages to the early twentieth century between the Ottoman Empire and different European natio ...

October 28, 2021
Ottoman Tunisia: a Three-Century Period of Turkish Presence in Ifriqiya
History Ottoman Tunisia: a Three-Century Period of Turkish Presence in Ifriqiya

Ottoman Tunis, or Ottoman Tunisia, is a three-century period in which the Turkish presence in Ifriqiya lasted from the 16th to the 18th centuries when Tunis was formally absorbed into the Ottoman E ...

October 28, 2021
List of Battles Involving the Ottoman Empire
History List of Battles Involving the Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire lasted more than six centuries, with its greatest geographical extent stretching from central Europe to the Persian Gulf and from the Caspian Sea to North Africa during its heyda ...

October 27, 2021
Second Constitutional Era of the Ottoman Empire
History Second Constitutional Era of the Ottoman Empire

During the Ottoman Empire's last years, between the 1908 Young Turk Revolution and the dissolution of the General Assembly in 1920, the Second Constitutional Era was a time of restored parliame ...

October 27, 2021
First Constitutional Era of the Ottoman Empire
History First Constitutional Era of the Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire's First Constitutional Era was the constitutional monarchy that started on 23 December 1876. It ended on 14 February 1878, with the adoption of the Ottoman constitution of 18 ...

October 27, 2021
Sultanate of Women: 1533 to 1656 of the Ottoman Empire
History Sultanate of Women: 1533 to 1656 of the Ottoman Empire

The Sultanate of Women (Turkish: Kadnlar sultanate) was a time in the Ottoman Empire when the wives and mothers of the Sultans wielded exceptional political power. With Suleiman the Magnificent' ...

October 27, 2021
Ottoman Interregnum (Ottoman Civil War)
History Ottoman Interregnum (Ottoman Civil War)

From July 20, 1402, until July 5, 1413, the Ottoman Interregnum, often known as the Ottoman Civil War, lasted. It was fought between Sultan Bayezid I's sons following their father's defeat ...

October 27, 2021
Chamber of Deputies of Ottoman Empire
History Chamber of Deputies of Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire's Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the Ottoman Parliament's General Assembly. Unlike the upper chamber, the Senate, the Chamber of Deputies was chosen by the Ot ...

October 27, 2021
Senate of the Ottoman Empire
History Senate of the Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire's Senate was the upper house of the General Assembly, the Ottoman Empire's parliament. The General Assembly was made up of notables in the Ottoman administration which fo ...

October 27, 2021

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